The purpose of this thesis is to study Kang Seuk-kvoungs early novels and her novel is seeking the origin of life and self-identity since 1970's consistently.
The first characteristic. leit-motive is topophilia. The young want a room of one's own and...
The purpose of this thesis is to study Kang Seuk-kvoungs early novels and her novel is seeking the origin of life and self-identity since 1970's consistently.
The first characteristic. leit-motive is topophilia. The young want a room of one's own and it results in their wandering. A room is the spatial symbol of seeking self-identity and a star, the happiness in one's chilidhood. 1970's novels have the meaning of initiation story.
Second, a character has not a romantic but fraternal love. A heroine in 1970's novel refuses tradition and a desire of possession. She doesn't believe in eros. She doesn't think love is a relief.
Third. 1970's novels show tragic outlook on the world by deformity and suicide. Furthermore they criticize cruel, selfish, uniform and formal modern society. A character with trauma has symptoms of a harelip, a fool, crookback, a cripple, a hypochondria and madness. Madness hidden in 1970's novels explodes in 1980's.
Last, Kang Seuk-kyoung is a stylist. Formal aesthetics appears in the symbol of novel's title, colouring description and sensible style. A fault is frequent simile, commission in novel.
The 1970's early novels of Kang Seuk-kyoung show desocialization and escape from reality but she excavates love and relief in living consistently.