무라카미 하루키(村上春樹)의 「거울(鏡)」론 - 소리의 양상과 역할을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This paper reflects on the aspect and role of sound in Haruki Murakami’s short story called “Mirror.” After upon reflection, it could be concluded that the sound maximizes the fearful atmosphere which underlies in the story, and effectively forms three-dimensional shape in the short story. Also, the sound changes accordingly to the flow of time and the sound occurring from the external environment penetrates deeply into the mind of humans that it represents complicated state of mind symbolically. In addition, the ‘I’, main character, gain a possibility to overcome persistent unresolved trauma by telling others about scary experience which was never mentioned until now. Especially, there are ‘I’ who talk from beginning to end and an audience who listens to the main character’s story. Such structure connects the writer and readers, and the readers who are listening to the writer’s story can find the possibility of recovery by telling others about painful experience from the past which dominates one’s current present. This is “the power of story” that the writer wants to tell through this short story.