Abstract

This paper seeks to examine the process by which de-semantic features appear by examining the temporal aspects in Song Chan-ho's poetry. In Song Chan-ho's poetry, time passes by as the 'moment' on the layer of reality splits into various layers, making objects or thoughts impossible to identify. The reason why time can pass even though it remains a ‘moment’ at the level of reality comes from the continuation of ‘division.’ As a result, the narrative of Song Chan-ho's poetry develops in a direction that denies the meaning that constitutes reality, as even misfortune and immorality remain 'unsettled' that cannot be defined in language. Additionally, the ‘atypical image’ in Song Chan-ho’s poetry is the result of losing its form by cutting off the identity and meaning of the past. ‘Language’ is expressed in Song Chan-ho’s poetry as coming from ‘atypical images’ that have eliminated meaning. The mutation of these atypical images can be viewed as a time of ‘eternal return of a different future’ in which the structure of ‘atypical image → birth → death → atypical image’ is repeated. To express this fluidity, Song Chan-ho's poetry sometimes expresses the future through substances such as liquid or gas.

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