포스트휴먼-팬데믹 시대 시의 역할과 윤리 - 감정 교육과 치유의 가능성을 중심으로

Abstract

This paper tried to examine the role and ethics of poetry in the conditions of posthuman and corona pandemic. In particular, the purpose of this thesis was to find the role that poetry can play in emotional education and healing. In order to explore the possibility of poetry that can transform embarrassment into an opportunity for reflection, this paper analyzed poems published since the mid-2010s and tried to rediscover the ethics of solidarity there. First, we reviewed the case of poetry that confronts one's emotions and discovers the 'side' in a reality that challenges anthropocentrism and still has to reflect on the human. The poetic subjects of Mi-ok Ahn and Hee-yeon Ahn show the possibility of taking care of the emotions of others as well as themselves by looking into ‘heart’ or ‘sadness’. The poems related to the Sewol ferry, which went on to look at the loss and share the sorrow, show the imagination of compassion that bridges the gap between experiences. The poems of Da-yeon Jeong, Hae-wook Shin, Won Lee, and Mi-ok Ahn are a meaningful example of moving from ‘being together’ to ‘feeling together’. Next, I proposed a ‘loose solidarity’ that connects to the emotional community by creating a category of ‘we’ and examining the expanded poems. The poems of Young-Joo Lee and Hee-Yeon Ahn represent the ethics of 'loose solidarity' and inclusion in that they show a way of solidarity that crosses not only the boundaries between me and the other, but also life and death. We need to explore the possibility of healing and solidarity anew by reflecting on the social and literary experiences we shared, cared for, and solidified with a series of emotions centered on loss. The way poetry dealt with the loss after the Sewol ferry disaster, which was also an important turning point in Korean society since the mid-2010s, inductively shows what kind of place poetry should defend in the midst of the post-human-pandemic crisis. The loss that has been engraved in our poetry after the Sewol ferry disaster, the texture of various emotions derived from it, and the poet's efforts to form an emotional community and solidarity are in themselves the role and ethics of poetry that we should pay attention to.