황석영『오래된 정원』에 나타난 탈진정성의 소통 서사와 주체 모색의 정치윤리학

Abstract

Hwang Seok-young’s novel The Old Garden includes the author’s autobiographical characters, but it is the result of a considerable level of transformation of the content that the artist has put much efforts into the form of the novel, in addition to the realism attitude. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the close correlation between the content and form of this work. And it is necessary to analyze the specific action and its significance that enables the mediation and integration of the two, and the logic and values contained in the narrative formalization of this work, and the meaning of the subjectivity that this work ultimately reaches. First of all, the main content and format of this work is a main character Oh Hyun-woo’s reading of letters and notes left by another main character Han Yoon-hee. In fact, these two characters can be seen as differentiated from one character. Two characters overcome the gap between time and space through writing and reading letters. The density of minds between subjects in this communication which can be interpreted as the logic of authenticity is important. Authenticity means modern individual ethics based on inner mind. In this work it is full of passion to go beyond the ethics of authenticity. Thus, the unconditional communication of hospitality, in other words, communication of de-authenticity through letters and notes left by Han Yoon-hee, fills this work. Next importance is the close correlation between subject and form. The narrative of this work, which begins after release, is marked by the encounter and communication of otherness that Oh Hyun-woo has to go through to become a suitable ‘social person’ for the new era. The spiritual place of becoming a member of society is eventually represented as a ‘house(home)’ at the beginning and the end of this work. In order to effectively embody this goal, this work structuralizes the narrative development to lead to ‘I (self)’, ‘You (other)’ and ‘We (society)’. This can be evaluated the achievement that the content is harmoniously interlocked with the form. In this work, the journey of searching for the subject ultimately returns to a more mature self symbolized by ‘Galmoe’’s ‘My House(Home)’ and is synthesized. This results in the liberation of the subject by reflection through the mediation of other. In the end, the main character’s subject arrived at the integration of self-reflection and self-liberation in this work. Ultimately, this is an important ground for pursuing subject to have political and ethical significance in this work.