최인훈의 『태풍』에 나타난 ‘비밀’의 서사 전략 연구

Abstract

This paper focused on the narrative strategy of the secret along with the course of the typhoon in Choi In-hun's Typhoon. A person who has the ‘secret’ of his identity, a special ‘secret’ space, and secret love are described in the novel. The strategy begins with anagrams that the writer deliberately used. Using anagrams in the name of the country shows that nothing is absolute by giving them some breaches, like the meaning of the title ‘typhoon’. The strategy, which has developed from self-deception to self-renewal, naturally overlaps with many kinds of typhoons such as spiritual wandering, wars among nations, and a real typhoon. It is a secret message about defeat of a war that could free the main character from his falsehood and ignorance. The message is transferred and deciphered by words, sentences, and incidents. And the hidden truth is revealed. While going through chaos called ‘typhoon’, the main character Otomenaku can move himself into another seat, another name, and another role. Typhoon predicts the possibility of an era in which ‘anyone’ can be a main character, not just an individual with special power. For example, we can change our names. We can live with several nationalities. And a multicultural family can be an option. Like these, Typhoon reforms our perspective into a new one. A typhoon breaks a boundary between life and death, and mix everything together. That is, a typhoon is the very place where life and death are muddled up, the weak and the strong switch their seats, the positions of the ruler and the ruled are changed, and hope and despair are mixed. Everything is as fluid as a typhoon like the relationship between Otomenaku and Amanda. Good and evil are dismantled, and Otomenaku, wrapped in the sense of guilt and shame, eventually leads to self-renewal. Therefore, A typhoon has the power to remove prejudice and bias, reverse all values, ​​and traverse the center and the periphery. A chance is part of the narrative strategy of the secret. It is essential for the main character to reborn as a historical subject through spiritual wandering. An individual, who is helpless in the face of a huge history, inevitably meets a chance. It is a mysterious irony of life. With the experience of an unpredictable typhoon, Otomenaku can have the power to face chaos, know the truth, and practice it in another way.