역사와 허구의 접합, 『토지』의 연해주 지역 형상화 방식

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the Figurative Methods of the Maritime Province among the various spaces in the “Toji”. The “Toji” is entirely fictional backdrop to the Japanese occupation. The story from Hadong Pyeongsari extends to Jinju, Tongyeong, Busan, Masan, Seoul, Japan, Yongjeong, and Maritime Province. Individuals and groups in the work lie in the space of ‘flow’. The “flow” space means that a single space does not stop fixed or static. One space relates to another and is influenced. Under the Japanese colonial rule, Maritime Province was the main asylum of the Joseon diaspora. In addition, Maritime Province was behind the anti-Japanese independence movement and served as the home of the revolutionary movement. In this sense, the Maritime Province, which is embodied in “Toji”, shows the formation process of imagined geographies through the survival and struggle of diasporas who left their colonial homeland. In addition, in the Maritime Province, real people such as Choi Jae-hyung, Choi Bong-joon, Lee Bum-yoon, Lee So-eun, and Ahn Jung-geun are actively involved in the narrative. Most of the historical figures in the work are subject to discourse or discussion. However, in the Maritime Province, real-life characters are combined with fictional characters. However, in the Primorsky Sea, real-life characters are combined with fictional characters. The writer takes a strategy to secure specificity by combining history and fiction against the backdrop of Maritime Province. The Maritime Diaspora and anti-Japanese movements, which have remained on the periphery so far, occupy their position as historical entities, not rumors and backgrounds. With the appearance of the Maritime Province, the author is taking a different narrative strategy from the setting of different spaces in the “toji” and the layout of characters. This is because we were conscious that this area had been alienated from our history. In fact, not only historical research but also spatial research in the “toji”, ‘Maritime Province’ did not attract much attention. By examining the way ‘Maritime Province’ embodies it, one can identify the aspect of the combination of history and fiction in the “toji” and the artist’s sense of history.