황석영 소설 『장길산』에 나타난 모빌리티와 혁명적 특성에 대한 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the revolutionary characteristics of the novel Jang Gil San from the perspective of mobility. In particular, the movement characteristics of characters who become ‘reform forces’ were examined by dividing them into flight, cohesion, and repetition were examined. The fleeing slave thought that deviating from the orbit was the only way to live a human life because there was a contradiction in the status system. The fleeing clown regarded it as an act that must be morally practiced, although it is against the social class to punish and inform it. In this way, escape, which realizes contradictions in various parts of society and deviates from its orbit, can be said to be mobility as the basis for revolution. In Jang Gil San, people of various classes choose to move in a crisis that cannot be settled. This movement does not just wander on the road, but it brings together and matches the will, and becomes a force for reform. The movement of bringing about change, the movement of forming new relationships, and the movement of collecting and cooperating common will become a large force and ready for revolution. In the end, the planned treason cannot be achieved by dispersion of power, but it can be seen that what this work is trying to convey is not the success and failure of the revolution. This is because the lives of individuals who choose to move through the process of collecting and cooperating with each other to overcome social contradictions are changing and discovering meaning and value from them. The movement for reform begins with one person and spreads, and the majority are becoming reform forces everywhere. Anti-reform forces and corrupt powers try to subdue them by plotting to eliminate them and encouraging fear by force. However, Jang Gil San shows that in a society where escapees who risk their lives are bound to occur, reform forces are not removed, and forces can be repeatedly aggregated. As we have seen so far, this study is valuable in that mobility analysis related to revolution has enabled us to understand a new interpretation of the work called the ‘revolutionary narrative’ and the characteristics of human movement related to reform.