현대사회의 불안을 보는 한 문학적 시선 - 김영하의「엘리베이터에 낀 그 남자는 어떻게 되었나」분석 -

Abstract

This paper is an analysis of Kim Young Ha's short story 「Elevator～」from the point of view of the modern social unrest. Three keywords are used so on <linger and ubiquity of risk>, <means repeating-pattern>, <selfish individual, sub-systems, casual rescue>. Summarizing the results as follows. First, the main character, I witnessed a man stuck in an apartment elevator on the way to work. His two feet between the elevator was out the door. Why the foot not face. Face is the identity of that person. It refers to specific person's face. Foot has little to discrimination. This means an unspecified number. This scene impliesa message of universal ubiquity of risk. Second, this novel has four interrupted several times the someone in apartment elevator and reaction of others. Through the cross and repeat, readers are actually no one has doubts that might have been trapped in the fact that there was no one in the elevator. And because no cell phone can't make an important report. This situation is repeated twice. This can be seen to infer the meaning of modern mobile phone. Mobile phone made freely and easily from human to machine than a wired telephone. But mobile phone cause alienation between human beings. Two patterns are associated with the subject of this work. Third, I arrived at the company, during the elevator going up to the office trapped in elevator with stranger only. Joined forces to open the elevator door and the stranger escapes. But no one rescue me for a long times. Bored I start to sing this will give sleep, someone save me. But he was not building security guard or elevator manager. I was accidentally rescued by someone. In order to become a modern society need a safe space minimal human attention and care, and check the system. This work shows the two situation are all lacking. This testified that modern society is very dangerous place.