다큐멘터리 전통재현에 나타난 치유의 서사 - KBS 다큐멘터리 [다르마]를 중심으로

Abstract

Everyday life refers to a perspective that encompasses things that are meaningful but pass away. This study aims to examine the tradition represented in TV documentaries through conscience eyes on everyday life as a legitimate standpoint. As seen in the KBS documentary Dharma, the Tripitaka Koreana is reproduced, revived and reevaluated by modern people as an experience of ‘daily healing’. The production body discusses the tradition of Tripitaka Koreana as an act and the practice of the ‘present’ as opposed to the past. From this standpoint, tradition is no longer a past practice but a present practice applicable to reality. The narrative of the documentary is constructed through a ‘montage of daily space and repeated image’, breathing new life into the viewpoints of everyday life. In addition, the cross-editing technique used in the documentary helps to establish a pluralistic perception on values such as beliefs, religion and science, visualizing relativistic viewpoints. In terms of content, the documentary suggests ‘everyday life’ as a viewpoint that helps to reproduce tradition by extracting the concept of the ‘healing of the mind’ through the reinterpretation of Tripitaka Koreana as a tradition. Hence, the empirical elements of everyday life, not included thus far in the dominant discourse of tradition, now have important value. By examining this value, the ‘voice’ of the production body, attempting to build stories around the complete perception on tradition, can be found.