결을 거슬러 역사를 솔질하는 문학: 『밤의 눈』과 『소년이 온다』 = Literary Works thatBrush History Against the Grain: The Eye of the Night and The Boy Is Coming

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In “On the Concept of History,” Walter Benjamin instructs historians to regard it as their task “to brush history against the grain.” What is emphasized here is the need to “save” the past by investing the failures of the defeated with new historical meanings, rather than merely explicating the successes of victors. I believe that literature has long been performing this task, if not as its sole mission. The Eye of the Night (2012) and The Boy Is Coming (2014) are two recent examples of such literary works. The former delves into the National Guidance League (Bodo Yeonmaeing) massacre, a subject that had been a political taboo for several decades. Advocating the agency and responsibility of historical testimony, The Eye of the Night attests to the horrific details of the massacre as well as to its history of concealment and distortion concerning the massacre, as well as to its horrific details. The Boy Is Coming, on the other hand, questions the agency of testimony, addressing the trauma of the Gwangju Democratization Movement. The novel persistently denies historical sublimation or “working through,” because the historical “grain” it opposes represses historical trauma in the name of sublimation.

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