중일전쟁시기 老舍의 문제작 《不成問題的問題》 고찰

Abstract

Laoshe’s novel Unproblematic Issues is set in a temporal and spatial setting on a farm located in large rear, or a district ruled by the Nationalist Party, during the Sino-Japanese War. Unproblematic Issues is a novel characterized by a transitional trend in the history of the war period, and this paper analyzes Laoshe’s war-era novel Unproblematic Issues, which has not been studied in Korea until now, by focusing on the main characters in the novel and the voice of Laoshe’s problematic consciousness and social criticism that the author wants to reveal through his works. Through this work, the artist sharply criticizes how human greed and immorality, which are only focused on personal interests, are ultimately degenerating the entire nation in the context of the Sino-Japanese War. In particular, Dingwuyuan’s reckless behavior and attitude, which eventually returned to the farm manager without much effort, symbolize the corruption and corruption in Chinese society at the time, and the new manager, Youdaxing, who is portrayed as a symbol of reform, is also portrayed as the epitome of a failed manager who is a talented person with professional skills but fails to gain the sympathy and trust of the farm people and is eventually kicked out. In Unproblematic Issues, Laoshe criticizes the absurdity of Chinese society during the Sino-Japanese War, while at the same time raising profound questions about human nature that has become entrenched in China’s long-standing notions of traditional culture. The images and symbolic devices of the characters in the work vividly reveal the problems of Chinese society at the time, and through this, Laoshe asks the reader to reflect on morality and take social responsibility in their respective positions.