은유와 모순의 의미작용에 의한 캐릭터 아이러니의 구조 - <쿵푸팬더>, <업>, <겨울왕국>을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study started with the perspective that the causal relationship of character irony stems from the metaphorical effect of inner deficiency and events and it tried to analyze the structure. Irony refers to the discord between the two levels of meaning, appearance and reality. Appearance is the superficial recognition of characters and reality is the real truth revealed by the choice of characters. If there is a gap between these two, the characters are caught in dilemma and the dramatic tension increases. Irony implies the absurdity of human life in various ways and elicits sympathy of the audience so it is considered very important in setting characters and plot. So this study selected Disney, Pixar, and Dream Works, the representative American feature-length animation producers that depict character irony briefly and clearly, and tried to analyze the structure of irony. Through this, it was found that character irony is formed through a process through which ①‘deficiency’ is presented, ②‘events’ put pressure on it, and ④‘reality’, which is contradictory to ③’appearance’, is revealed. Also, the four variables could be structured as two opposite pairs according to the concord or discord in the dimension of meaning. That means ①‘metaphorical effect’ that accidental events and inner deficiency concord in the dimension of meaning and serve as déjà vu of deficiency, and ②‘contradictory effect’ that the level of meaning of appearance and that of reality have a gap. Metaphorical effect implies deficiency and reveals the core obsession of characters, while contradictory effect is irony itself and implies the core value for the growth of characters and deduces the structure of character irony that conveys the sense of subject. It is believed that studies to understand the structure of character irony from the perspective of signification by psychological dynamics are in the initial stage. So there should be process to accumulate data of various works and verify and supplement them. As a stepping stone for such a process, it is expected that this study will be a significant data in the area of characterizing.