근대적 규범 세계의 붕괴와 원시 공동체의 회복

Abstract

Mo Yan was greatly influenced by William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, as many people are aware, but it is difficult to accurately understand the thematic consciousness of each of his works by only mentioning the impacts of the two writers without a detailed consideration into his creative periods. To highlight his individuality and originality, Yan has specifically mentioned the times when he was influenced by Faulkner and the period when he was exposed to Marquez. From this, the researcher tries to demonstrate that Red Sorghum, one of Yan’s greatest works, depicts the process of his desire, which had been accumulated inside of him to search for a new world, being fulfilled through the rediscovery of a primitive community called Gaomi Dongbei Xiang. Mo Yan has expressed the “collapse of a modern normative world” and explored the essence of human beings and the world by using modern techniques, such as multiple speakers and stream of consciousness. This study examines the collapse patterns of a modern normative world in Yan’s work and found the essential elements of living and life that would remain on top of its ruins and could not be removed. His work discussed similarities between the essential elements and the archetypes of mankind as well as the worlds he dreamed of based on borrowing theories from Carl G. Jung and Joseph J. Campbell.