현길언 초기 소설에 나타난 4⋅3과 제주 - 1960~1970년대, 등단 이전 소설을 중심으로

Abstract

Hyun Gil-eon's short stories before his debut can be largely divided into those dealing with the lives of individuals who were sacrificed in the 4⋅3 Incident and those dealing with the lives of people living on the margins of society, such as Jeju and Jeju residents. The former short stories tell the story through the death of his father, uncle, or teacher. The novels about the 4⋅3 Incident show the characteristics of the generation who experienced the incident childhood, while disclosing the 4⋅3 Incident which had been covered up through remembered tragedies to raise the issue of violence and sacrifice committed during the incident. Besides, it is meaningful in that it shows the violence of ideology that still functions in the lives of Jeju residents after the 4⋅3 Incident through the existence of guilt-by-association and Jeju residents in Japan. The latter short stories are based on the story of Jeju, the life of Jeju residents, and the people living on the margins of society as social misfits. He showed the alienated life by dealing with various lives of Jeju residents, such as haenyeo, Jeju development, Jeju narratives, and Jeju residents in Japan. In particular, Hyun Gil-eon presented haenyeo who is living with tenacity and will to fight against the harsh wind, breaking away from the romantic representations of haenyeo presented by foreign writers at this time. In addition, he talked about the 4⋅3 Incident from the Jeju perspective by reflecting the tragedy of the incident in Jeju narratives. This was sought based on the space of Jeju and was found from the perspective of Jeju. The short stories dealing with the lives of social misfits are not irrelevant to the reality of dictatorship and Yushin in the 1970s. Therefore, Hyun Gil-eon sought the correct roles of the intellectual from the viewpoint of an intellectual who can critically look at the absurdity of society. It seems necessary to re-examine Hyun Gil-eon's short stories before his debut in relation to the short stories after his debut.