18세기 自傳에서의 他者化 양상과 그 의미―李德懋와 兪漢雋을 중심으로―

Abstract

This paper verified typical patterns and variations in autobiographical writings of the 18th century through an otherizing aspect. In autobiographical writings, typical strategies of an otherizing are ‘self-otherization’ and ‘Seol-ron (設論)’. Since an autobiographical writing is a sub-genre of writing of a historical document, ‘self-otherization’ follows this style. In other words, an autobiographical writing is a document about oneself and reflects a position of a public chronicler as well. ‘Seol-ron (設論)’ is a way of narrating through the dialogue with the imaginary person. In an autobiographical writing, it was mainly used as a method of justifying one’s life pursued by the writer under the literary settings of answering cross-questionings. In autobiographical writings of the 18th century, strategies of an otherizing were both typical and varied. In the GanSeoChiJeon (看書痴傳) by Lee Deok-Mu (李德懋), the object called GanSeoChi (看書痴) became the subject through a aspect of self-otherization, and a self-delight (自娛) pursued by Lee Deok-mu expressed his unique individuality at the same time. Yu Han-Jun (俞漢雋) confirmed his identity by reaffirming himself described with the past tense through Seol-ron (設論) in his JaJeon (自傳). In this process, he did not only otherize himself, but also comforted himself and discovered his identity through divided self. In conclusion, a aspect of an otherizing called ‘self-defamiliarization’ through fictiveness was confirmed. However, in autobiographical writings of the 18th century, ‘self-defamiliarization’ became more meaningful in a content than in a format. In other words, while the format preserved the typicality of an otherization, the content defined ‘self-delight with great writings (文章自娛)’ as private, not official, and resisted the fixed ideas of the day.