「만복사저포기(萬福寺摴蒲記)」에 나타난 놀이와 욕망의 역설

Abstract

This paper aims to review the play and the paradox of desire expressed in Manpoksa-jeopo-gi, focusing on the desire of the main character, Yangsaeng. Manpoksa-jeopo-gi shows that through play Yangsaeng alienated from the real world at the situation of loss and deficiency of his own wants overcomes the desire not to be accomplished at the real world. The hero, Yangsaeng creates a woman, who is an object within the desire Yangsaeng made. He indulges in the playful fantasy world with the woman, and after facing with paradox of desire he returns to the real world. Yangsaeng’s deficiency and desire spread out from this work into the author, Kim, Si-seup. Both existential deficiency that deficiency cannot be fully satisfied and the paradox that desire can never existentially be fulfilled form peculiar meanings combined with the author’s individual conflict situation. Kim, Si-seup cannot help living a realistic life, even though he continues to pursue the liberal and prodigal life. Using this playful fantasy, which is a little weird and fantastic, he seeks to find catharsis which can release the oppressed emotion. Accordingly, he makes his own playground in search for the gap of circle of time. However, the virtual world where play is given to Yangsaeng collides with the real experiential world and is eventually confronted with the paradox of desire which cannot be easily approached. In conclusion, Manpoksa-jeopo-gi shows the lamentation and solace in the desire of human beings, which cannot be released in this experiential world, and it can be understood in the perspective of the existential reflection about the paradox of desire.