장 주네 혹은 존재를 위한 변명

Abstract

From the time he was born, Jean Genet was abandoned from the world. Therefore, he also has the right to reject the world. Since then, his rebellion and rejection have become ontological characteristics. His betrayal, theft and homosexuality can be understood in that context. Genet’s actions are self-selected and homosexuality is also in accordance with the inevitable circumstances of existence. It may be an unconscious desire. Moreover, Genet’s sexual desire appears to be a blind devotion to nature, life, and race. All of Jean Genet’s text is a record of living his own way. There, the artist’s attitude and position toward life are melted. His ideas or thoughts are based on existence. In addition, Genet’s text, in any form, appears to be a testimony or excuse for his existence. From this point of view, I would like to explore Genet’s work, political and social discourse, and the engagement movement. It will be a research to find out the identity of the problematic writer Genet and his truth. The identity of Genet is evident avove all in his writings. This is because writing is the crystal of thought. His words, writings and actions form one body. The characters in the work and the people he met in life almost coincide. Although the background or situation of the work lies between reality and unreality, they all project Genet’s personality. There are excuses, protests and confessions about existence. Sometimes he lived as an injured protagonist in novels, but at the same time he lived as a free man and a rebellious intellectual who led social change dynamically