자유주제 : 동아시아 근대의 다문화적 체험과 팩션 -김탁환의 「파리의 조선 궁녀 리심」을 중심으로- = Multicultural Experiences and Faction in Early Modern East Asia -With a focus on Lee Shim, A Joseon Court Lady in Paris by Kim Tak-Hwan-

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This study set out to examine the patterns of multicultural experiences depicted in Lee Shim, A Joseon Court Lady in Paris by Kim Tak-hwan according to the character characteristics. In the study, multicultural experiences signify the patterns of shock, response, and acceptance created by the encounter of heterogeneous cultures. The reason the study focused on early modern times or Enlightenment Period is that it preoccupied the time period right before modern times that entered the age of multiculture. The patterns of characters` responses during the Enlightenment Period correspond to the flow of imperialism that ruled the world those days. The warlike nature of imperialism was threatening to the people of weak countries along the border areas of East Asia. It is also important for full-scale study to understand the meaning of faction that calls historical figures of oblivion into contemporary times because the work presents the narrative of a court lady alienated from history rather than that of a historic, heroic figure. The responses of the characters correspond to the characteristics of upper-class, borderline, and lower-class characters. The upper class includes the rulers and leaders of the Enlightenment Period such as the Queen(Empress Myeongseong), King Gojong, Kim Ok-gyun, and Hong Jong-woo. They accept new cultures and civilizations and focus on their determination of making a nation. In the work, Lee Shim is a borderline character. Starting with a humble beginning, she moves upward to the status of court dancer and wife of the invited French diplomatic minister. She is the first Korean woman that stayed in Europe. The cultural shocks she experienced in Paris and Tanger are significant, preoccupying today`s multicultural experiences. Although she is repeated aware of her status as an alien or a citizen of an inferior country whenever she is put in a new place or encounters with a new culture, she paradoxically expands her identity and perspective. However, her suicide shows that a weak woman from a border area was a Pharmakos figure in the Enlightenment Period when imperialism was prevalent. Finally, the responses demonstrated by the lower-class characters seek out people more realistically than the leaders. They actually take care of people when the leaders are busy with making a nation.