≪아름다운 고향≫의 타자성 연구

Abstract

Lee Ju-hong’s juvenile novel, ≪Beautiful Hometown≫ (1957) is about the growth of a boy named ‘Hyeonwoo’ who was born as a son of a poor slave family under Japanese Imperialism but realized his dream to be a musician working his way eagerly. Beside Hyeonwoo, there were always his father, ‘Kim Dong’, who was a poor but righteous guy, and his mother ‘Samwol’. They were, in fact, desirable others who were the objects of identi- fication to their son, Hyeonwoo, for his self-actualization and also identity formation. Aside from them, there were also teacher Jukdang in Saeangol who was an anchor to him both academically and nationally and also teacher Hwang who supported him emo- tionally in his childhood through his enormous affection and opened his way to be a musician. Also, he had a half-brother named Gideuk towards whom he felt both love and hatred. The boy who had experienced dual othernization for all the hardships resulted from his status and national circumstances tried to find out ways to get over it. The first step was for him to actualize himself as a musician. After that, he jumped into the independence movement extending his interest in the others into general love for mankind. Also, he tried to take his full responsibility ethically by accepting and banding with the others. In this work, his son, ‘Yeongjae’, who encountered his father, Hyeonwoo’s traces with his diaries appears as a focalizer. This novel implies that Yeongjae will also make his dream come true just like his father, Hyeonwoo, and Hyeonwoo’s story will lead to Yeongjae’s story and even the next generations’ continuously interlinked with the history of the nation as if it were the history of a nation.