『일월』에 나타난 환상성과 자기구원의 방식

Abstract

This paper takes a psychoanalytic viewpoint on the diverse fantastic devices placed as main elements of the narrative description of 『Ilwol』, and examines what meanings they form in the context of salvation of oneself. The fantasy the characters have are expressed in three major aspects: first, the old Bondol and Mrs. Hong choose the way of displaying madness and establishment of exclusive relationships. Yet, the severance from the real world they have chosen ultimately reveals that the relationship exists as a signifier of the real world. Second, the fantasy taken by the old Sang-jin shows the contradiction between double desires and the frustration of the symbolic relationship. That's because his double desires, that is, his pre-modern desire for a higher social status and his modern desire for the extension of power through capital as a beneficiary of comprador capitalism, inevitably involve internal contradiction. Third, In-cheol reveals the process of confirmation of himself as an observer and exploration of an independent relationship through a fantastic device. He clearly recognizes the common limitation in the ways chosen by the characters above, and explores the possibility to develop independence by actively forming a relationship with others. It eventually shows that the reflection on the different fantastic aspects presented through the characters in『Ilwol』are related to the writer's desire to examine the matter of salvation of humans from various viewpoints.