정체성에서 주체화로: 로힌턴 미스트리의 『가족 문제』에 나타난 서사 전략

Abstract

This study explored how the problem of minority identity in Rohinton Mistry''s novel Family Matters(2002) was revealed according to the author''s narrative strategy. Rohinton Mistry reproduced the problems of the Parsi community in Family Matters at a time when the survival of minority groups was threatened. Mistry felt the crisis of Parsi''s identity, but was wary of solving the problem in a way that consolidated its identity. The author explores, in the form of a novel, how to overcome the crisis while revealing the sense of crisis in the community. Paying attention to the transformation of the central character, he superimposed numerous stories with the main story. He also diversified the focused narrators and created gaps in the procedural passage of time. According to these narrative strategies, all the identities emphasized by the community have been turned into questions. In contrast to Yezard who reveals the limits of identity politics, Jehangir is a person who shows the potential of subjectification. The task remains for Jehangir to recognize the violation, to listen to unspoken ambiguities, and to rewrite the story in a way that has never been described before.