최승자 시에 나타난 필수 양가성 연구

Abstract

This paper focuses on the dual attitude of the female subject in Choi Seungja’s poem and the way she shapes it, and reveals that it is not just a mockery to society, but a reflection of the essential ambivalence that women inevitably have in a male-centered society. Through this, we can properly evaluate the significance of Choi Seungja’s poem, where love and hatred, obedience and rebellion, and life and death coexist. In addition, we can check the evaluation criteria for feminist poetry that continues to date by identifying that the ambivalence of Choi Seungja’s poetry is not the limit of the era of feminism in the 1980s. Choi Seungja’s poem was noted for its aesthetics, and the feminist political nature of his poem was not revealed in detail. Moreover, even in one study to reassess this, only the parts that make full and consistent arguments to highlight the feminist pioneering of Choi Seungja’s poetry tend to be interpreted. This is problematic because it can lead to the misunderstanding that feminism, which has a multi-layered aspect as well as the ambivalence of Choi Seungja’s poem, should move toward a single direction. In response, this paper re-examines the ambivalence that has inevitably been reduced to highlight the gender politics of Choi Seungja’s poem and reflects the ambivalence that women have essentially because they are at odds with the system. In addition, it is observed that Choi Seungja has divided the notions of “dream” and “death” to go to the imagination of dreams and death outside the system, shaping the contradictions of the system. Furthermore, it analyzes the “death” in Choi Seungja’s poem, which is in the position of subject which has not been noticed so far. The study of reevaluating the positive value of Choi Seungja’s poem is expected to serve as an opportunity to expand feminism as well as the meaningful network of Choi Seungja’s poetry world.