리샤르드 카푸시친스키의 『헤로도토스와의 여행 (Podróże z Herodotem)』에 나타난 유랑의 모티브와 타자의 시선을 통한 존재 인식

Abstract

Travels with Herodotus published in 2006 was the last reportage of Ryszard Kapuściński (1932-2007) a representative journalist of the twentieth century. This is an hommage to the life of Herodotus and his work History but is also an autobiographical story of Kapuściński. By figuring out the motif of wandering in Travels with Herodotus, this article analyzed how the experiences of ‘wandering’ and ‘travel’ of Kapuściński, who wandered all his life, influenced on his writings. And by examining the problem of ‘perspective,’ which frequently appeared in his works, it aimed to examine the meaning of ‘others’ to the protagonist who wandered in a strange space, and to investigate how the process of being exposed to the others' perspective and exchanging perspective influenced on Kapuściński's philosophy on journalism. Kapuściński argued that ‘travel’ is a challenge and adventure to journalists as well as difficult task and ambitious project. The reason for the importance of travel to them is that they could have an opportunity to meet with ‘Others (Inny)’. To accept ‘difference’ of the Other, to make the ‘difference’ as a mirror to reflect one's true self, to recognize multi-culture and to work hard to make a peaceful world: Those are the essence and belief of the philosophy on journalism that Kapuściński, "the 20th century Herodotus", had.