박상순 초기 시집에 나타난 ‘실재’ 양상 연구

Abstract

Park Sangsoon has attracted attention in and outside of the literary community with his uniquely abstruse verses and originality. However, despite his crucial significance in the history of contemporary Korean poetry, studies on Park’s poetry have been hindered by their ambiguity and abstruseness. In a previous study, this researcher proposed a framework for discussing Park’s poetry by examining the patterns of ‘alienation’ in his works. The study focused on the patterns of ‘primary alienation’ in his early poems, providing a preliminary overview for studying the poet’s works. However, Park’s early poems show signs of the real resisting the symbolic or symbolization, which leaves room for interpretation. this study seeks to examine signs of the real in Park Sangsoon’s poetry, for close and rich exploration of Park’s early poem collections. The real is represented on the surface layer as a realm in contrast with the symbolic, through ‘darkness,’ ‘black,’ ‘pit,’ and ‘hole.’ ‘Black’ and ‘darkness’ indicate the real that derives from the symboilc order and the signifiers, as well as juissance toward the real. ‘Pit’ and ‘hole’ are presented as a vehicle to build fanatasies that present themselves as trauma or a buried site or abyss of the real world, or deconstruct reality by showing breaches in the symbolic. Closer examination of the aforementioned topics will provide a foundation for rich discussions that will develop into psychoanalytical approach to Park’s poems and other studies on the poet’s works. They will also provide reference points to understand the patterns of ‘the real’ in other poets’ works.