허수경 시에 나타난 디아스포라와 시간의식

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to elucidate the characteristics of diaspora and time consciousness in Heo Su-gyeong’s poetry. In Heo Su-gyeong's poetry, migration and settlement are important poetic theme and metaphors. The long period of immigrant life in Germany and the diverse experiences gained through the study of archaeology gave me the characteristics of a voluntary diaspora. The diaspora of Heo Su-gyeong went through a process of wandering and settlement, and achieved various semantic expansions such as a sense of return, a sense of time, and a sense of existence. The summons and testimony of the past are closely linked to the wanderings of the diaspora. Diasporas replace memories of the places they left with emotions of pain and sadness. The wandering of the diaspora is oriented towards the consciousness of returning to one's homeland. A sense of return represents the identity of the diaspora. Heo Su-gyeong's poetry wanders through a wider and deeper space and time in Germany, creating various poems. She explores the depths of time while touring archaeological sites in Germany. Archaeology concretizes the consciousness of time through old images that contain symbols of time. Diaspora encounters existential pain in life as they repeat migration and settlement. They internalize their pain and accept it as is. The reality of suffering is revealed as a symbol of war, revealing existential consciousness. Heo Su-gyeong's perspective on war takes a fundamental pacifist stance. In particular, it continuously displays images of soldiers participating in war and of children and women suffering terribly. The process by which the poetic self reaches the fundamental suffering of human beings is an aspect that allows us to catch a glimpse of a sense of existence.