SF로 보는 분단 극복의 욕망 : 복거일의 『파란 달 아래』(1992)를 중심으로

Abstract

Bok Geo-il’s science fiction plays an important role in the history of Korean literature. In Search of the Epitaph imagination through the form of alternative historical novels, the next work, A Wanderer in History, depicts a newly imaginable nationalism through the form of a virtual historical novel. The third science fiction novel, Beneath the blue moon, depicts the integration process of the inter-Korean moon base pioneered in the near future. While continuously creating science fiction novels, Bok Geo-il has established himself as an exception in the mainstream literary world. However, most of the research on Korean science fiction novels has been focused on the artist’s debut work, which is regrettable. This study aims to pay attention to the problem of de-division presented by Bok Geo-il through Beneath the blue moon. This work shows the characteristics of SF novels and reveals the desire to overcome division. The author showed the reader the process of unification through the eyes of the main female speaker in the northern half. And finally, it presents an ending in which the national task of unification that has not been achieved on Earth is completed on the moon. However, these attempts have limitations that distort the reality of division. 1992 when Beneath the blue moon was created was a time when the post-Cold War came rapidly globally. The problem is the refractive shape of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea presented by Bok Geo-il through his novel. This is because the Northern Hemisphere, viewed by a writer from the Southern Hemisphere, was the remains of the communist bloc that eventually collapsed. Therefore, this study attempts to adjust the distorted reality of division again. Furthermore, by looking at the case of departmentalization imagined as dystopia in Korean SF novels after Bokgeo-il, I would like to confirm what posture is required for the process of overcoming the division of reality.