여성의 몸, 물신에서 모신으로의 승화- 최윤의『마네킹』을 대상으로

Abstract

In myths in the past, women's body was recognized as the origin of the universe, the land and all living creatures. In the contemporary society, however, it has fallen into base flesh, an object of carnal desires. For this reason, on the other hand, women's body dreams its past archetype in reflective consciousness of its current status. Choi Yoon's long novel Mannequin shows the reality and the dream of women's body of today. Thus the present study examined the current state of women's body and its dreamed archetype through Choi Yoon's Mannequin, and inquires into the context of creation and inheritance between the contemporary modern society and myths. In conclusion, Choi Yoon's Mannequin describes epically the process that 17 year old girl Jinny breaks away from fabricated herself as a mannequin formed inside the fence of the family and the society, sets off a journey to find her fundamental and original nature and finally restore her sacredness. Different from heroes in the past epic age who proved their heroicness based on the frame of separation, suffering and returning, however, Jinny's transcendental rise from separation to sublimation shows the limitation of this age that cannot be together with epic heroes.