한국 SF에서의 똥/쓰레기들이 가지는 의미

Abstract

Both dung and waste are sorts of life byproducts that numerous species including human generate for vital activity. Even though they imply the essential properties, due to the unpleasant and dirty perception of them, they have been regarded as something that should be eliminated and excluded from the area of social perception. However, as the naturecultural perceptions to cope with the Anthropocene Age by climate crisis were presented, the issues of dung and waste were also needed to be newly perceived. As a methodology for the change of perception, this thesis aims to verify the styles shown in Korean SF works among SFs that are the style of culture & arts with dialectical permeability of various social phenomena and themes based on scientific extrapolation and rationalism. First, the dung and waste are metaphor of modern times that aimed to perceive through the concept of science which was implanted by the West. This point could be seen in Kim Dong-In’s “The Study of Dr. K” that could be the beginning of Korean creative SFs. Second, the critical thinking experiments on the issue of perceiving dung and waste in the future with intensified development of scientific technology could be seen in Lee Duk-Rea’s novel “It’s not your time yet” and a film <Space Sweepers>. Lastly, the issues of dung and waste were implied in the world view as an interdependent and relational subject that is perceived as the naturecultural style, which was shown in Kim Cho-Yeop’s novel Greenhouse at the End of the Earth. In the results of this study, the perceptions of dung and waste shown in Korean SFs could be seen in various styles of revealing the strengths of SF genre, sensitively responding to social issues, and getting involved in actual looks of life. And in this perspective, it is also possible to see the value of Korean SFs as a methodology of providing the future-oriented implications of Korean society.