김동리 소설의 경주 ‘장소성’ 연구 - 경주 읍성과 예기청수를 중심으로 -

Abstract

Kim Dong-ri has a special affection for his birthplace Gyeongju. Kim Dong-ri himself called Gyeongju his own source of literature and The nearby people also evaluated Gyeongju as an important place for Kim Dong-ri's literature. Especially, in several novels set in Gyeongju, the area around seomun Street, where the fortress of Gyeongju remains, and the Yegicheongsoo appear repeatedly. Kim Dong-ri can be seen as having a special topophillia (場所愛) for two more places than any other place in Gyeongju. Based on this, we looked at the placeness of the Gyeongju Eupsung and Yegicheongsu, which appear in the novel. For Kim Dong-ri, the Gyeongju Eupseong (Seomun Street) is replaced by the concept of his hometown, and The disappearance of the Gyeongju Eupseong (Seomun Street) is an indescribable sadness that has lost its hometown, and comes as a placelessness. For Kim Dong-ri, the concept of hometown is that of hometown = Gyeongju = Eupseong (Seomun Street) is formed. The placeness of the Gyeongju Eupsung revealed in the novel ‘Heodupune (허들풀네)’ is the root of establishing one's identity, and if it is the place that gives the meaning of one's hometown, The complete disappearance of the town castle, which was revealed in the novel ‘Manjadonggyeong (만자동경)’, is elevating the castle and its surroundings to a sacred place that embodies the spirit of the Silla Dynasty, beyond the sorrow of losing birthplace. The image of the Yegicheongsu is linked to death. Based on his experience with the scary and mysterious water of childhood, he expressed the placeliness of Yegicheongsu. The characters also die in the novel in Yeogicheongsu. Yegicheongsu isn't just linked to death. To be reborn through death, That is, it is meant to be regenerated. In the novel, ‘Yuhonseol (유혼설)’ Kim Dong-ri himself was a scary and mysterious place based on his childhood experiences. In the novels ‘Munyeodo (무녀도)’ and ‘The Moon (달)’, it is portrayed not just as a place connected to death, but as a place that means another beginning, regeneration, through death.