魯迅 소설 속 달 이미지에 대한 상징적 독해― 魯迅의 무의식과 관련하여

Abstract

This study attempts to read the moon imagery in Lu Xun(魯迅)’s novel, to which the lunar symbol system is related. The purpose of this discussion is not only to consider conscious aspect with reason, but also to ponder unconscious aspect with emotion of Lu Xun, which will broaden the scope of the esthetic appreciation of the literary work and the understanding of the author. In chapter 2, I investigated the lunar symbol system to apprehend the moon imagery in Lu Xun’s novel. The moon has Tai-Yin(太陰) symbol system, which typically operates the feminine principle, Eros and the repetition of life and death. In the history of mankind, the moon is deeply involved with acceleration of sensibility and abyss of the unconscious. I specially focused on the connection of the moon and a lunatic, the relation of the moon and sensibility. In chapter 3, I examined the moon imagery in the novels, The Call(吶喊), Paces back and forth(彷徨), Old Tales Retold(故事新編). By doing this, I argued these contents: in The Flight to the Moon(奔月), Soap(肥皁), Medicine(藥), the female principle of Tai-Yin was obviously demonstrated; in A Madman’s Diary(狂人日記), White Light(白光), Brothers(弟兄), the moon became a trigger for the revelation of lunacy and instinct; in Hometown(故鄕), Village Theatrical Performance(社戱), A Solitary Man(孤獨者), the moon represented emotions of nostalgia and loneliness. In chapter 4, I reviewed how the moon imagery in Lu Xun’s novel referred to his unconscious creation. Firstly, I argued that Lu Xun’s literary creation displayed the palimpsestic writing based on the inter-textuality, by which his deep memories were mediated in relation to the lunar symbol system. Secondly, I illuminated that the literary creation by Lu Xun was closely related to his unconscious aspect. Jacques Lacan said “I think where I am not, therefore I am where I do not think.”, the converse of “Cogito, ergo sum(I think, therefore I am).”. Lu Xun’s unconscious, the discourse of the Other, was directly connected to the surrounding environment and culture in his childhood, which also formed his deep memories. His unconscious was linked to attachment for images and interest in Taoism, minority thing, therefore the orientation of his unconscious was revealed through his writing. On the basis of this argument, I illuminated that the moon imagery in his novel was utilized not only in conscious aspect but also in unconscious aspect. Lastly, I investigated that the moon imagery in his novel referred to “the encounter with the shadow” by using the Jungian shadow concept. Especially, I identified that the shadow of Lu Xun was embodied in his conscious life in the process of individuation by writing Brothers(弟兄). This study aims at understanding of Lu Xun and his literary creation from the perspective of symbolic reading, which is distinguished from the way to analyze them by ideological approach, largely existing before. I believe that this study will be able to take a definite role in establishing a way of looking in order for diversified interpretation of Lu Xun and his literary creation.