트라우마로 읽는 이승우 소설의 이면 - 『생의 이면』을 대상으로

Abstract

This paper studies how to reach 'writing a novel as prayer', targeting “Hidden Side of the Life” of Lee, Seung-woo. Writing a novel as prayer is the writing a novel with overcoming the trauma. Trauma could be the problem on account of its high stimulation which cannot be handled generally or resolved. Wring a novel with overcoming trauma is also the writing with confessing the inner workings. It is because that overcoming trauma, however, is not come easy, ‘Writing a novel as prayer’ keep playing hide-and-seek. The author set this kind of writing style as ‘Writing with showing strategic’. The core trauma in “Hidden Side of the Life” is an Oedipus complex. “Hidden Side of the Life” can be divided into first and second half. The first half mainly talks about the story of a father, second half talks about a woman. The hero has both positive and negative oedipus complex. The ambivalence attitude is one of the complex which can be found in the attitude of heroine. The son has skewed a view of womanhood, owing to the female complex with sense of guilty and resentment towards his parents, in his subconscious and also fail to having healthy relationship. Although it might be an ‘autobiographical’ novel, it cannot be said that the trauma of the main character of the novel corresponds with the trauma of Lee, Seung-woo, the author of the novel. However, at least the experiences related to the trauma are an important source of creativity of an author. Therefore, exploring the process of writing a novel which was shown through the prayer in the “Hidden Side of the Life” and it is expected that this will provide useful implications in the novel studies of Lee, Seung-woo in the future.