소통을 위한 기록유산으로 『관촌수필』 읽기

Abstract

This study tries to show that a novel can play a role as a record of social communication through GwanchonSupil by Lee Mun-gu. A communication is different from a conversation, and requires an understanding on the principles of communication, which first involves an action of listening to another person’s story, an effort to understand from his/her stance, and an attitude to acknowledge the difference between each other. Once trust is accumulated through this process, a communication can naturally take place. Even when a novel is recognized for its value as a record of communication, it is much different from the current memory heritage in many aspects. This paper tries to confirm that the memory heritage of the present must be considered as the “memory” with its original definition, and furthermore, tries to verify the significance of a role of the novel in improving the “universal accessibility” as pursued by the Memory of the World. The characteristics for communication expressed in GwanchonSupil show the following: First, the book has a literary style of orality and hand-writing; second, the background of the book is of historical events such as the Korean War and Saemaeul Undong; and third, the Confucian orders within the family and the democratic way of communication with the neighbors exist within the book. All of these characteristics show that the problems of communication in our society must be understood from various perspectives. This paper, for such purpose, is composed as follows: First of all, the principles of communication is reviewed through the meaning and method of communication, then a communicable method as a memory heritage is presented, and lastly, the examples of communication method within GwanchonSupil are examined.