전상국의 소설 창작방법 연구

Abstract

This thesis is to study the writing techniques in Jeon Sang-guk's novels. As you know, the writing techniques of the novel is freer than other genres. So the novel is defined as anti-art. I think that's why the writing techniques of the novel is important. The novel, anti-art which is between art and not art by the unfinished form, the progressive form becomes the real art by the writing techniques. The writing techniques is not a simple notion or theory. It is inseparably related to man's experiences and practices. That is, it is adhered closely to the man's daily life. The novel is history itself, I think. Therefore studying the writing techniques is very important to understand both the writer as the subject of the novel and the novel as the writer's works. Generally Jeon shows the tragic world in his novels. His tragic world is related to the historic irony. He thinks the exclusive social positions and the gap between rich and poor bring about the destruction of our communities. And he thinks that the world is more tragic by Korean war, the identification of education and the selfishness of the capitalistic victims. I studied Jeon's writing techniques to show the themes in his whole works. First, Jeon creates the typical character as a man of the tragic world understanding. His characters are not ordinary but special. He used the typical characters to tell the history irony. And he described the extreme situations in the world through the characters' actions. He emphasizes such situations are the tragic reality. Second, Jeon chooses the antagonistic relationship to keep the characters' tension. The opposition is largely rich and poor, social position, man's values, and ideology and so on. The symbolic characters as men of the tragic world understanding are rather ethic and ideologic than delicate and timid. So they are opposed to the opponents and such opposition is rather group and collective than single and individual. As a result, the opposition is stronger and stronger. Lastly, Jeon uses the typical reasoning technique for making the plot of the novel. He resorts to tricks which the readers guesses the ending of the novel and then he leads them to solve the ending themselves. At last, the readers find the harmers whom he creates in his novels but they realize that the harmers are the indistinct subjects, that is, history itself and punishing them is impossible. In other words, Jeon shows the world tragic repeats itself through the reasoning technique in his novels.