蘇童의 『城北地帶』에 나타난 결핍과 상처 ― 청소년 인물형상을 중심으로

Abstract

The North Area(城北地帶) is an autobiographical story about a writer who recites his childhood memories and restores the growth process stained with wounds and deficiencies. SuTong(蘇童) notes the question of how the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution(文化大革命) has influenced individuals’ lives. He focuses on what scars has been left in the individual's life under the repressed social structure of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution(文化大革命). This problem leads to the lack and scarring of adolescents who had to suffer from abnormal growth pains in the tunnel of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution(文化大革命). As a detailed analysis and the betterment of the thesis, relationship between oak tree streets(香椿樹街) and SuTong(蘇童) was described in Chapter 1. In the second chapter, teenagers, the main characters, and their lives on the streets of oak trees(香椿樹街) in The North Area(城北地帶) has been specifically reviewed. This paper has focused on teenagers who live in poverty under the absurd and violent environment of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution(文化大革命). Further, teenagers wandering in indifference under violent and ugly families, dilapidated schools, and distorted societies have been also reviewed respectively. In the third chapter, the feature of a Flower(夜飯花, a flower that blooms only at night), which is highlighted as an important image in the work, details the gloomy life and tragic story of young figures. Through this, SuTong(蘇童)'s anger and grief has been shown at the era of oppressive literary revolution, which deprived and castrated youth and dreams.