김동인 소설의 서술 초점과 여성에 대한 시선

Abstract

This paper is for analyzing creation methodology and problems of modernity by choosing Kim Dongin’s novel <Sorrow of the weak>,<Potato>, <The story of Kin Yeonsil>, which female lead the stories, as texts. The problem of narrator and focalization in the novels are not only its formality, but also problem of modernity or establishment of modern subject, Also, it is for proving issues on view over women in the space of colony modernity are related with problems of narration focus and modernity. The three short stories have a common in handling downfall and breakdown of the leading ladies, but show different aspects in narrators`attitude toward the female characters and level of focalization. In <Sorrow of the weak>, narration method for internal focalization ends up establishing internality as a subject and object, showing aspects of anxiety and collapse of modern women facing colony regulation power and violence. More important thing than self-reflection for ‘weakness’ and enlightening will for ‘strength’ at the surface of the novel is space for internality established by self-fixation for ‘weakness’. This is an example for reaching novelistic modernity of ‘subject of attention’ and ‘birth of inner side’ at slightly apart place from writer’s intention. The reason why <Potato>, which represents the short story of Kim Dongin, is appraised for showing rare esthetics of short story is that its focalization method maintains esthetical balance between narration way of internal focal point in 「Sorrow of the weak」and omniscient narration method in <The story of Kin Yeonsil> The esthetical particularity suggesting limited information with restrained method shows consistency. It requires focusing the limited usage of narration skill gets esthetical achievement with external focalization. In <The story of Kin Yeonsil>, authority of narrator is enhanced and explanation way for situation becomes omniscient. When it comes to saying the detailed story of puppet control is adjusting of the story world with ‘methodology of perception’, excess of narration subject’s narration authority means alienation from creation of itself. The reason return as traditional authoritative narrator is it reflects ideological viewpoint of narration subject for the modern girl. Narration subject revolutionizing from focalization to omniscient narration skill is an arrogating existence subjectively overcoming its epistemological limitation, replacing collapsed common value system by identifying itself with general truth. Focalization is not simply esthetical problem, it is about placing narration subject itself as a negative conversation subject. When novel does not accomplish reflection and self-criticism for its possibility and sets narration subject as an arrogating subject, it establishes ideological mechanism uniting self-contradiction of colonial subject and identifying viewpoint of the empire. This shows mis-match between theoretical position of the novels, novelistic embodiment, and ideological effect, but there is aspects of modernity of novel of Kim Dongin paradoxically accomplished between the mis-match and refraction.