이청준 소설에 나타난 역사의 서사화 방식 연구

Abstract

History analysis in Lee Cheong-jun's novel is directly related to his view of novel. Invisible internal truth is in contrast to the objective fact of history in his novel. False history created by heartiest wish of people is presented more important than the defeat history of Baekjae in ≪Dancing Priest≫. It is also repeated in ≪White Dress≫ where Haewon exorcism satisfying grudge of left-wing workers who passed away during Korean war intended to preserve the meaning of their life outside the history. Contrasting relation between public truth and private truth is related to the fact that characters have suffered from the continuous demand of self-demonstration in the epic process. It is because it should continuously demonstrate that invisible truth is more meaningful than fact. Descriptive instability shown in Lee Cheong-jun's novel is attributable to this. It is presented as the form of internal instability but the difference between description and subject gets deepened in the later part where novel topic is regarded more important than the internal feature of character itself. It is because the subject pursues resolution and settlement of conflict but the writing style still suffers from the anxiety of demonstration.