코로나 이후의 소설과 혐오의 임계

Abstract

This article is intended to examine the aspects of contemporary Korean novels that attempted to reproduce this problematicly while debunking the aspects and meanings of disgust caused by Corona 19 in Korean society. This does not stop at reconfirming the meaning of discrimination and prejudice against minorities that have existed historically, but is also an attempt to take a more delicate look at the special points of disgust caused by the COVID-19 crisis. Referring to Nursbaum's concept of disgust, we focused on novels dealing with issues raised in early 2020, when the issue of hate highlighted in the Corona era was most dramatically expressed. This article focused on novels dealing with issues raised in early 2020, when the issue of disgust highlighted in the Corona era was most dramatically expressed, referring to Nursbaum's concept of disgust. The disgust issue that emerged as a result of Corona 19 in Korean society was mainly embodied as misogyny and disgust about queer. It is closely related to the perception of the homogenized space and stagnant time in which the future cannot be imagined due to COVID-19. While the common question about the space where otherized beings who are not guaranteed security can stand, the identity given to them in society, their expected role, and the gap between it and their actual identity appear different. The pattern of disgust and its meaning were different. It also deals with novels that show the search for solutions to the hate problem in Korean society. In order to overcome disgust, we were able to acknowledge that we are all vulnerable and examine the problem awareness that we need a way to face others beyond empathy and compassion. These novels show an aspect of political and ethical representation of reality in that they examine the values ​​and meanings of life in the past, present, and future of the Corona era that is still continuing.