임화와 김수영 시에 나타난 ‘거리’와 ‘방’의 공간 표상

Abstract

This study set out to investigate the ways that spatial representations of "streets" and "rooms" were depicted in poems by Im Hwa and Kim Soo-young and also their meanings in their respective works. The spatial representation of streets emerged in works of both the poets when one wandered around to find something in his or her direct confrontation with the world or had a new discovery or awakening. In their poems, the spatial representation of rooms appeared when one focused on his or her inner world more. It is noteworthy that a room on the road often in Im's poems and that others' rooms made a significant appearance in Kim's poems. The study examined the spatial representations of streets and rooms in their poems and reached the following conclusions: First, streets appeared as the representation of the Jongno intersection in most cases in Im's poems. Im chose an interaction as a space in which the poetic subject would devote or struggle for a labor movement and form solidarity with like-minded comrades. In his poems, rooms appeared as a space with the attributes of a room on the road. They would function as a space to reveal the romantic nature of youths on the extension of the life direction sought after in streets rather than having a confrontational attribute against streets. Secondly, streets appeared as the representation of the Jongno interaction largely in Kim's works. In his poems, streets were a living place for the poetic subject and also a space that made the poetic subject imagine beyond. Kim's poetic subject would rise and have a new awakening in streets. His poems would go as far as the point where the poetic subject would discover the meanings of love through fatigue in urban streets. In Kim's poems, rooms appeared as the space of discovery and others' rooms. They functions as the space of withdrawal and gazing in which the poetic subject would face his inner nature and finally discover the meanings of love. While streets are open, rooms are closed. They have different characteristics for their different spatial attributes. In Im's and Kim's poems, streets and rooms are closely connected to each other rather than independent spaces. In streets and rooms, the poetic subject would face the world and use the experience to look into himself and form relations with others, thus making growth. The two poets' works still communicate with today beyond the time gap as today's people sympathize with their works that have universality. It is attributed to the perceptions of the world and himself that the poetic subject would face through streets and rooms.