여성소설에 나타난 변신 모티프와 환상성 연구 -한강, 오수연, 송경아 소설을 중심으로

Abstract

By regarding the fantasy novel's essence as violation and subversion of control ideology, this article is based on Rosie Jackson's theory that focus on the society criticism. I tried to read a tendency to the fantasy in female novels by linking the woman to the fantasy neglected in the center of the literature. The main texts chosen for the research are Han-Gang's short story, The Fruit of My Woman(1997), Oh-Suyeon's short story, An Insect(1997), and Song-Kyounga's short story, The Story of My Bachelor in a Shell(2005). I chose the texts in the ground that three of the female writers are now active in the Korean literary world, the fantasy is presented in their works obviously, and they use the metamorphosis motif as main technique revealing the fantasy. And they attempt to overthrow the male-centered ideology through the fantasy. In this writing, I examined the way presented the fantasy in the female novels by identifying the meaning of the metamorphosis motif. The writers' intentions are varying through the transformation of the protagonist woman into the plant and the animal and the replacement of the metamorphosis subject using the parody technique. Three of the works can be regarded as the fantasy novel because they present the fantasy in that the characters transform their outward look and the supernatural events take place in the fiction. When depressing patriarchy representing Father and Husband weakens the women's flight desire, they try to disassemble their own body through the symbolic change and overthrow their home, the depressing space in the disguise of peace. Linking the woman novels to the fantasy novels will give another possibility to the female novels from now.