김열규의 『한국문학사』 기술의 특수성

Abstract

This paper examines the features and achievements of Kim Yeol-kyu's A History of Korean Literature(Tamgudang, 1983) as a study of Korean literature. A History of Korean Literature creates a trajectory of intertextuality that traces the links between one text and another across time and genres. In this paper, Kim Yeol-gyu is presumed to be the subject who desires and acts according to the poststructuralist perspectives of Deleuze and Guattari, and as a subject inevitably bound to the symbolic system. From this perspective, it explores the new paths opened up by A History of Korean Literature. The exploration takes place in two directions: one is the poetic and structural aspect manifested in A History of Korean Literature, and the other is the somewhat disorderly, rhizomatic aspect of the interconnection between each text. The three chapters that constitute A History of Korean Literature are centered around "Samgukyusa," and in the analysis of individual texts, particularly in the case of <Myth of Dangun>, the poetic and structural perspective becomes prominent. Furthermore, it seeks to reveal the continuity of "Samgukyusa" to contemporary texts, showcasing the intention of integration. On the other hand, A History of Korean Literature blurs the boundary between the main and subsidiary texts as it expands horizontally from one text to another, in an "and-and-and" manner, reminiscent of rhizomes. Finally, this discussion clarifies the relationship between these two aspects and ultimately sees the intention of integration and comprehensive understanding of literary works pull toward the rhizomatic direction. A History of Korean Literature is not merely a spatial escape from the classroom or a temporal escape from classical to contemporary; it requests an intellectual escape that leads to a reterritorialization of Korean literature that is impossible to blockade. It is a text that dreams of an ideal literary history, one that is "not a literary history" but a "new literary history," and Kim Yeol-gyu, as the discursive author, can be considered a nomadic subject that has been marked in his time.