유은실 텍스트의 공간 표상 연구 - 『변두리』, 『드림 하우스』, 『나의 독산동』을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study aims to talk about the text world and the author’s consciousness that Yoo Eun-sil pursues by analyzing the texts of Eun-sil Yoo through ‘space representation’. The reason we focus on ‘space representation’ is because space is the way the text world is figured. This is because in a capitalist society, space becomes an important medium in showing the power relationship between those who have economic power and those who do not. Until now, Eun-sil Yoo’s texts have been evaluated as being too difficult for young children to read. Texts subject to analysis in this study have also received such evaluations. However, the study seeks to find the significance of Yoo Eun-sil’s work in children’s literature by focusing on the way space is treated in the world shown by Yoo Eun-sil’s text, breaking away from the reader’s problem that Yoo Eun-sil’s text has received. Eun-sil Yoo’s text is a way of expressing the lives of lower-class people through the same spaces sent to cities, houses, and neighborhoods. But they never paint their lives unhappy. Although the reality they face is cold, the way they choose is not hopeless. This can fully explain the significance of Yoo Eun-sil’s text as text for children’s literature. The coldness of reality leaves scars on children’s lives, and children also need to recognize the reality they face and think about how they should live in the future.