이미지 소통과 소설: 김탁환 賣說之論

Abstract

Korean literature market is currently problematic in that there is absence of an agent to solve the problems of distribution system, a passive attitude to overcome all these crises just relying on readers and no fundamental solution in the long run definitely as well as comparative inferiority to foreign novels translated in Korean and published in Korea but for universalization of humanities, media sellers and the strength of foreign literature. The underlying core of the matter should be found in the natural strength in the field of literature that is not capable of producing new novels beloved by readers constantly, however, it must not be overlooked that the supporting role of publishing industry sharing its own ecosystem with the field of literature is also insufficient. Considering that distribution of novels is linked to the important aspect of communication, it is necessary to pay attention to the most effective imagery narrative in expanding the scope of a novel and the most appropriate for released together through the published materials. It comes in three different forms largely when we examine Kim Tak-hwan’s work, the novelist who aggressively realizes and experiments images as the outcome of active imagery and sensualization, revealed in the space of a book or on the published materials. Most of all, through the imagery narrative using the illustrations and photographs in parallel with a story, he reorganized the communication situation in a new dimension going beyond the traditional method of awareness on narrative communication, that is, the existent text communication situation where there only existed the producer(novelist) and the consumer(reader). Second, he realizes the stereotyped character that can be suggested as an archetype through novel series. And third, he is conducting Movel’s narration featuring cross-content that provides the original story for different media such as video clips, different media independently. With such work he shows the possibility of Soseoljiron(the discussion on writing novels) as a method that does not lead him to self-contempt on account of desperation of a novelist who must keep writing novels that cannot change the world and Maeseoljiron(the discussion on selling novels) of multiple mediating capability and sense of balance by not rejecting the position of a promotor tuning up narration or a novelist with a designer’s characteristics.