My purpose in this paper is to give a new point of view to Chi-Jin Yu's drama "Tomak(the hut)". I made use of the theory of the Genetic Structuralism which can reveal its secret through the relation between society and a work because a work can not be...
My purpose in this paper is to give a new point of view to Chi-Jin Yu's drama "Tomak(the hut)". I made use of the theory of the Genetic Structuralism which can reveal its secret through the relation between society and a work because a work can not be complete by the relation between a author and his work as well as by itself.
I came to conclusions as follows.
First, The tragic structure of Tomak is divided into beginning, conflict, balance, and rebirth structures. In this drama, waiting and unrest are in much spposition by entering a villageheadman.
The package(which contains their son' dead body) makes a balance state between waiting and unrest become deep grief. Myung-Su' wife understands what happens now and Keum-Nyu who realized tragedy returns to present situation.
Second, The tragic worldview of Tomak is represented frustration, immanence, present, and renunciation. Frustration comes to reflect understanding of present situation. Tomak' theme is Keum-Nyu tries to overcome this frustration. Immanence, present, renunciation come to reflect hurt emotion, ignorance and poverty, incapability of adapting to present situation respectively.
Third, From a standpoint of the Genetic structuralism if the structure of Tomak agrees with that of tenant farming in the colonial period, the result of exploitation in the same period made weak characters like Myung-Su and his wife who want to be relieved by their son in Japan.
I argue that Tomak had better be regarded as a tragedy of environment than a character tragedy because this fact is formed by the result of exploitation in the colonial period.
Fourth, In Tomak, some people say that Kyung-Sun Fails in creating personality because she has a defect in her character, but if her tragic will is looked upon as the resistant spirit of the colonial period, we can understand her character is described very properly.
Fifty, In Tomak, Hamartia is ignorance and poverty, but I agure Tomak can be regarded as a tragedy in that its heroes are good.
Sixth, Tomak can be a great work, which Goldman calls it and can be Chi-Jin Yu's masterpiece as well because the Genetic structuralism made us show the tragic world view of Tomak agrees with that of the tenant farming in the colonial period and the spiritual structure of tenant farming is in accord with farmers' in the same period.
As drama contains the nature of not only literature but play, Tomak had better be studied through a dramatic approach, based on the science of literature so as to be understood synthetically and exactly.