김재엽 <알리바이 연대기>의 역사 재현 방식 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the method of representing the history of the Chronicle of Alibis based on Walter Benjamin's concept of history and to reveal its participatory significance in reality. The sociality of the play occupies an important position in understanding Kim Jae-yup's plays. This paper is meaningful in that it explains which aesthetic characteristics of Chronicle of Alibis connect historical representation and reality, and reveals the significance of participation in reality through this. Kim Jae-yup represents modern history of Korea in two main ways. First, he reconstructs macro history of Korea into a history of violence through selecting and listing. The epic theatrical playwriting and directing lays the ground for the audience to keep a critical distance from historical events and characters' actions. Next, the Kim Jae-yup places micro-historical events at the ‘Jetztzeit’(now) through fragmentation. The audience's memories become experiences in that they have a unique character composed of transformation and creation. Through this historical representation, Kim Jae-yup accuses politicians and petit bourgeois of guilt. The memories that emerged from the audience become events that require responsibility and judgment. Audiences will have the opportunity to be reborn as a citizen by answering their political and ethical responsibilities.