역(驛)의 공간성: 곽재구의 『사평역에서』 와 김영남의 『정동진역』 에 한하여

Abstract

『In the Sapyeong Station』 by Kwak, Jae-gu portrays the scene of a waiting room of a countryside station in a winter night. However, In the Sapyeong Station is a fictional simple-frame station. Moreover, despite thoroughly being a purely lyrical poem, unfortunate atmosphere of the times at a loss of words cast in the back. In that respect, this work possesses the sign of connectivity and severance. At the same time, it displays spatiality as the medium of coexistence in which images of country folks with warmth and tranquility appear vividly. Jeongdongjin Station by Kim, Young-nam expands romantically throughout. The poet congeals recognition of nature as the lyrical subject and the naturally occurring eruption of emotion into skillful and playful language. However, considering that complex sentiment of the modern is cast over the other side of the poem, the space for aesthetic ‘tension’ and ‘relaxation’ is composed. Moreover, emotions felt on the travels such as loneliness or worry, the sorrowful circumstances, are apprehended behind the description of playful expressions, giving rooms for the station to be understood as the space of nihilistic and aesthetic melancholy in the travels.