언어의 잉여성과 독자의 텍스트 이해: 들뢰즈와 과타리의『천 개의 고원』4장 ‘언어학의 기본 전제들’을 토대로

Abstract

This discussion explores the language redundancy between a reader and a text. Due to the surplus that exists outside the text, a reading situation occurs between the reader and the text. In Chapter 4 of <A Thousand Plateaus>(trans, Kim Jae-in, 2003), Deleuze and Guattari criticize the four premises (axiom) inherent in the perception of language. The discussion in this paper is based on the first criticism of the premise, which claims that “language is related to information transmission and communication.” Reading is performed through language and takes place between the text and reader. Although reading depends on the language system within the text, it is also essentially related to the language system outside the text, that is, the reading is achieved through the operations of the language system outside the text; therefore, its function is redundant. A representative language function outside the text is a command. The redundant language functions are revealed when a reader understands the content of the text. If the language function inside the text conveys information and communication, the language function outside the text is related to command actions. Therefore, the reader’s understanding of the text creates a vivid reading situation related to the reading situation outside the text. As the language functions operating outside the text are command operations, such as instructions, questions, pledges, and assertions, the reader recognizes that their understanding is based on the acceptance of the command. Text commands vary from text to text, from reader to reader, and from reading situation to reading situation, and can be easy or difficult and impact the reading in the currently or in the future. In other words, the execution of the text commands depends on the reader’s will. One essential command conveyed to a reader is related to self-creation. When a reader creates a self by executing text commands, a unique self develops. Therefore, the reader creates the reading texts by executing the commands for the particular reading situation.