김사량작 <향수(鄕愁)>에 있어서의 ‘동양’과 ‘세계’ -‘전향’의 전제 조건을 둘러싸고

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze Kyousyu (Hyangsu) written by Kim SaRyang in 1941. In this article, I have examined five aspects of the novel. First, as far as the story line, Kyousyu shares a very similar structure with The Book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament in that both explore the downfall of the national community. In Kyousyu the protagonist, Yi Hyun, endeavors to save Korean immigrants in Bejing, including his sister’s family. Second, I analyze and compare two essays, Comings and Goings in Beijing and The Enamel Shoes and a Captive, involving Kim's Beijing trip of 1939, with Kyousyu. Specifically, I focus on intertextuality between the two essays and the novel in order to analyze the setting and characters. Fourth, Kyousyu was rewritten to be included Kim SaRyang's second Japanese edition, Kokyou. In this process, some essential vocabulary was changed; for example, "one person in Toyou" was changed to "one person in Toyou and Sekai (the world)". This adaptation process shows how Kim tries to deviate from the order of the Japanese Empire through a rearrangement from the concept of "one person" to that of universality in his novel. Third, the most important motif in Kyousyu is the conversion of Korean immigrants in Bejing in the midst of Sino-Japanese war. However, what I mean by conversion differs from the standard definition of Japanese conversion. In Kyousyu, the Korean nationalist group converts because they yearn for a peaceful life in Toyou (the Orient/Asia); however, unlike the ordinary conversion, their motivation was not due to the family structure of the Japanese Emperor system. Fifth, it is not difficult to say that Kokyou overlaps with Nomamanri in terms of the author's Beijing experience. Analyzing this overlap, I’ve concluded that Kim's Japanese novels, written in the wartime period, are closely related to the post-war period. Through the process of the above five analyses, I not only re-illuminate the conversion motif, but also analyze the adaptation processes in Kyousyu. In addition, although Kim's letter, sent to the Taiwanese writer Ryu Eiso, is not directly related to this article, I’ve included it in the original Japanese and have translated it into Korean.