문제적 현실을 재현하는 방식-이제하의 단편 소설 「풀밭 위의 식사」를 중심으로

Abstract

In this paper, Lee ze-ha’s novel reveals the value of 「Meals on the Grass」(1984) in the context of the early, mid-, and late periods. 「Meals on the Grass」 coincides with the title of Manet’s painting. In the narrative, the appearance of the man and woman in the painting is reproduced in a metonymical imagination. Based on this fact, Lee ze-ha’s view of art is similar to Manet, and the characteristics of Lee ze-ha’s novel can be summarized. The characteristics of each period appear in 「Meals on the Grass」, and this fact gives new value to this work. First of all, in early and mid-term novels, events and forms are embodied through differences and repetitions in each period, forming a paradigm. In novels of this period, the appearance of characters trying to live in a violent world is repeatedly reproduced through resistance and frustration, but it does not reach what they are trying to say. Only when you go to later novels, what Lee ze-ha is trying to say is clearly revealed. Lee ze-ha was talking about reconciliation with the world through novels. In 「Meals on the Grass」, my father directly mentions ‘reconciliation’. Lee ze-ha’s novel represents the journey to forgive and reconcile the world. His novels have been referred to as difficulties because the content cannot be recognized due to the destruction of form, but difficulties are resolved in the context of early, mid-, and late novels. The fact that the process of reaching reconciliation through differences and repetitions is well embodied in 「Meals on the Grass」 gives new value to the work.