다자이 문학에 나타난 헤테로토피아와 정체성의 정치 - 『기다리다』, 『판도라의 상자』를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This paper examines the spatial thinking found in the Dazai literature. By applying Foucault’s concept of heterotopia and space theory to analyze, this paper aims to analyze the characteristics the Dazai literature, thereby, illuminating its identity politics. The small station in 『Waiting』 is a marginal space where time and space criss-cross. The act of waiting reflects the internal sense of anxiety and expectation. But the spatial boundaries of waiting are crossed when the active action of “going to wait” is pursued. This is aligned with “heterochronie”. 『Pandora’s box』 narrates the story of a limited, isolated space of a ‘tuberculosis nursing home”. The space is the main character’s alternative space, but when it is transformed into a heterotopic space, it starts to insert influences in the character’s internal space as well. This creates an opportunity for realizing one’s identity, as the boundaries are expanded as the rules of reality break apart. Hence, the analysis of the heterotopic boundary transcendence in the works of Osamu Dazai leads to identity politics, imbuing new meanings to the Dazai literature.