김승옥 소설 속 공간에 나타나는 에로티시즘 양상 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine aspects of spatial eroticism in the novels of Kim Seung-ok, a representative Korean writer of the 60s and 70s.
 In the case of Kim Seung-ok, the subject of this study, the narrative is a series of taboo acts that occur in a confined space called 'Moojin' and in a space called 'hotel', which can be interpreted in various ways in the modern and contemporary period, in the late 60s and 70s, when there was a clear class division between the middle class and the wealthy. In Kim's work, there are a number of special spaces, and these spaces are also spaces where desires are resolved and taboo behaviors occur.
 These spaces range from a local neighborhood to a hotel room. On the other hand, these spaces are also symbols of the transitional period from modernity to modernity, and the industrialization period that covers up the post-war scars.
 This study focuses on Kim Seung-ok's representative short story “Moojin Travel” (1964) and his middle-length film “Riverside Wife” (1977) as texts. Despite the 13-year time gap between the two texts, the reason for selecting them is that signs of popular literature and accompanying eroticism in Kim Seung-ok's later novels can already be seen in “Moojin Travel”.
 “The Riverside Lady” is a typical popular novel with bold sexual descriptions, active female characters, and patriarchal elements that still remain. However, it is also a work that remains on the borderline between eroticism and pornography. These later works of Kim Seung-ok are important texts for the study of Korean popular literature in the 60s and 70s, especially eroticism.