성장소설의 관점에서 본 케르티스 임레(Kertesz Imre)의 홀로코스트 문학 -“운명 4부작”을 중심으로

유진일 ( Jin-il Yoo ) 세계문학비교학회 2016 세계문학비교연구 Vol.55 No.-

Kertesz Imre, a Hungarian Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2002 has delved into the Holocaust since he experienced Auschwitz at the age of 14 years. His so-called Tetralogy of Fate, which consists of Sorstalansag (Fatelessness), Kudarc (Fiasco), Kaddis meg nem szuletett gyermekert (Kaddish for an Unborn Child), and Felszamolas (Liquidation), is a series of autobiographic novels that depict the writer``s Auschwitz experiences and rough and rugged paths of life with the ensuing trauma. The preceding studies focused on the narrative structures and techniques of his Auschwitz works as well as their differences from the existing Holocaust works in terms of features. The present study analyzed Kertesz``s Holocaust tetralogy in terms of Karl Morgenstern``s Bildungsroman theory that did not apply to the existing studies. According to the analysis, the first work Fatelessness has a typical narrative structure of lack of self-identity-ordeal-establishment of self-identity. Having no juvenile protagonist, the remaining three works cannot be seen as Bildungsromans, but have Bildungroman``s narrative structures, given the protagonists`` processes of recognizing self-identity as Jews. The tetralogy``s first work has an independent Bildungsroman structure, while the whole four works also have a Bildungsroman structure. Therefore, the tetralogy constitutes a dual Bildungsroman structure.

케르테스 임레 소설의 구조적 특징

유진일(Yoo Jin-il) 한국중동부유럽학회 2006 동유럽발칸학 Vol.8 No.2

Imre Kertész is a Jewish-Hungarian author that was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2002. But before winning the Prize, his works were still little known in Hungarian literary circles, much less their evaluation. However, they are now being reappraised and drawing more attention with his reception of the Nobel Prize. His major works are composed of Nobel Prize-winning novel Sorstalanság [Fatelessness], A kudarc[Fiasco], Kaddis a meg nem született gyermekért [Kaddish for an Unborn Child] and Felszámolás [Liquidation], which are often referred to as the Tetralogy of Destiny. These works are all based on the experiences Kertész experienced in Auschwitz when 15 years old. The injury of the Holocaust has so much affected him and functioned as an only material throughout his life that it is not too much to say his every work begins and ends with Auschwitz. Kertész's Tetralogy of Destiny is strikingly characterized by the circular-repetitive and discontinuous structures that show diachronic and synchronic characteristics respectively. The circular-repetitive structure is seen in all of four novels, which especially have narrative and characters circulated and repeated. In particular, the narrative flow of the first work Fatelessness is ceaselessly repeated in the remaining three novels, sometimes in the same contents, sometimes in the transformed form. Such circulation and repetition boringly often appear even in a work as well as in other ones. In addition, the circulation and repetition of characters are also conspicuously visible in the second work Fiasco, the third one Kaddish for an Unborn Child and the forth one Liquidation. Especially, Fiasco and Liquidation show that several doublegangers of a hero emerge at the same time in a work. It seems that Kertész has adopted such complex structure of circulation and repetition with the goal of solving the confusion of identity as a Jew. Through “circulation and repetition”, he reflects on Europeans' prejudices against the Jews that are not improved in any way, and on the absence of identity as a Jew that cannot be settled at any time. After all, Kertész attempts to solve the Jewish history dotted with “circulation and repetition”, the absence of identity, and his own trauma in an extreme way of “discontinuance”. This is reflected in the third work Kaddish for an Unborn Child. The author resists against God by refusing the generative power, both privilege and duty God confers on human beings. “No!” is a core word that implies such resistance. In spite of the extreme decision to boycott generation as a Jew, the reproduction and history of the Jews continue incessantly through other Jews. This is represented by the numerous repetition of even the negative word “No!” in the work. Moreover, Kertész adopts suicide as a much more extreme method in the forth work Liquidation. But he works out the Jewish problem of identity by making suicide eliminate not a hero himself, but his doublegangers. This approach is similar to sacrifice, the Jewish ritual of atonement. Like this, Kertész tries to solve the problem of identity confusion as a Jew, which he began to realize in Auschwitz, through the diachronic structure of “circulation and repetition” and the synchronic one of “discontinuance”.

용소문학으로서의 케르티스 임레(Kertész Imre)소설의 특징

유진일 한국외국어대학교(글로벌캠퍼스) 동유럽발칸연구소 2013 동유럽발칸연구 Vol.36 No.-

A great number of concentration camp works were published, but Imre Kertész's works had their own characteristics, thus contributing to his winning Nobel Prize in 2002. Indeed, his works are to be analyzed in various perspectives, but this study approaches the works in terms of content, form and description. In terms of content, his works deal with not only the experiences in concentration camps, but the distortions and distresses in his lives caused by the camp lives, whereas the existing concentration camp works concentrate on the factual record of concentration camp experiences. In general, focus has been made on the achievement of realities, the accuracy of description and the value of record to evaluate the works on concentration camps, Jewish Holocaust or individual or group tragedies. However, Fateless alone realistically depicts the life in the concentration camp for one year from 1944. The remaining works present the agonies and distresses protagonists experienced as Jews outside of concentration camps. In other words, the existing writers realistically described the anguishes in concentration camps, whereas Kestesz's works concentrate on those of Jews outside of concentration camps. In terms of form, the circulation of story and the structure of circulation and repetition and the structure of severance can be referred to as characteristic. The epic incidents in Fateless appear repetitively in Kudarc, Kaddish a meg nem született gyermekért and Felszámolás. Taking transformations, their characters, backgrounds or materials are ceaselessly circulated and repeated toward one consistent goal. Such a circulating and repetitive structure is a product of his intended work design. In addition, characters are closely related to each other in his works. The protagonist is the same person in each of Sorstalanság, Kudarc, Kaddish a meg nem született gyermekért and Felszámolás. Different in age and job, the same character appears in a circulating and repetitive way. Such a conclusion is based on the composition that a protagonist is the same person in each work. The circulating and repetitive structure indicates the history and destiny of Jews in a symbolical manner. It symbolizes that the Jews repetitively circle around the same place, as they wandered in the wilderness for 40 years because of crime. Ironically, it took 40 years to get Fateless published, as the Jews entered Canaan after wandering in the wilderness. Such a circulating and repetitive structure aims to shift or objectivize scars through repetitive remembrance and recreation of new characters. He imputes his agonies and scars in Auschwitz to doppelgaengers by making them emerge repetitively. "No" is a key word of the structure of severance. The word is a refusal to his wife's wish of a baby, but a declaration of the death of him, Jews and mankind at the same time. The structure of severance means settling the history of wandering Jews in a wider sense and the existence of Kertész himself in a narrower sense. Nevertheless, Kertész's settlement does not mean "end." Rather, it stands for "a new life." This concept seems to be influenced by the burning offering, a Jewish sacrifice ritual. The description technique conspicuous in his works is "getting angry instead" by ironic description. Most concentration camp works realistically describe the distresses and miseries in concentration camps. For example, Henryk Grynber, one of representative Polish concentration camp writers, recorded the painful experiences he made in his childhood, and vividly depicted the collective fear for "extermination" and the survival instinct hidden in unconsciousness. Kertész's Fateless affirmatively describes even German Nazi soldiers, unlike other concentration camp works. Their appearances and national characteristics are described affirmatively. In addition, the protagonist thinks making friends with Germans will do him good. At this point, readers reach the limit, though... 본고에서는 2002년에 노벨문학상을 수상한 헝가리 작가 케르티스 임레의 수용소문학 작품을 폴란드 작가 타데우쉬 보로프스키의 『신사숙녀 여러분, 가스실로』와 오스트리아 출신 신경정신과 의사이자 작가인 빅터 프랭클의 『죽음의 수용소에서』와 비교하며 케르티스 임레의 수용소문학 작품이 갖는 특징을 도출해 보았다. 물론 현재까지 수많은 수용소문학 작품들이 발표되었기 때문에 두 작품을 케르티스 임레의 작품과 비교하는 작업은 다소 본고의 한계를 보여주기도 하지만 현재까지 헝가리 문학에 있어서 수용소문학에 관한 비교연구가 없었다는 점에서 헝가리 수용소문학에 있어서 비교문학 연구의 시발점이 될 수 있다는 점에서 위안을 삼고자 한다. 인류 현대사의 가장 커다란 비극인 홀로코스트 사건을 과연 문학화 할 수 있는가? 하는 문제는 오래 동안 진행되어온 수용소문학과 관련된 논쟁 중의 하나였다. 이러한 논쟁 중에 대부분의 작가들은 수용소문학의 사실성과 예술성 사이에서 사실성에 치중하여 수용소 안에서 벌어지는 참상을 고발하는데 역점을 두었다. 그러나 본고에서 다룬 케르티스 임레는 수용소의 참상보다는 그것을 기초로 한 주인공의 트라우마를 주로 다루었으며 사실성과 예술성 중에서 예술성에 중점을 두고 작품을 집필하였다. 그의 이러한 다른 수용소 작가들과의 차별성은 작품의 논제, 구조, 기법의 측면에서 드러난다.

수용소문학으로서의 케르티스 임레(Kertész Imre) 소설의 특징

유진일(Yoo, Jin-Il) 한국외국어대학교 동유럽발칸연구소 2013 동유럽발칸연구 Vol.36 No.-

A great number of concentration camp works were published, but Imre Kertész's works had their own characteristics, thus contributing to his winning Nobel Prize in 2002. Indeed, his works are to be analyzed in various perspectives, but this study approaches the works in terms of content, form and description. In terms of content, his works deal with not only the experiences in concentration camps, but the distortions and distresses in his lives caused by the camp lives, whereas the existing concentration camp works concentrate on the factual record of concentration camp experiences. In general, focus has been made on the achievement of realities, the accuracy of description and the value of record to evaluate the works on concentration camps, Jewish Holocaust or individual or group tragedies. However, Fateless alone realistically depicts the life in the concentration camp for one year from 1944. The remaining works present the agonies and distresses protagonists experienced as Jews outside of concentration camps. In other words, the existing writers realistically described the anguishes in concentration camps, whereas Kestesz's works concentrate on those of Jews outside of concentration camps. In terms of form, the circulation of story and the structure of circulation and repetition and the structure of severance can be referred to as characteristic. The epic incidents in Fateless appear repetitively in Kudarc, Kaddish a meg nem született gyermekért and Felszámolás. Taking transformations, their characters, backgrounds or materials are ceaselessly circulated and repeated toward one consistent goal. Such a circulating and repetitive structure is a product of his intended work design. In addition, characters are closely related to each other in his works. The protagonist is the same person in each of Sorstalanság, Kudarc, Kaddish a meg nem született gyermekért and Felszámolás. Different in age and job, the same character appears in a circulating and repetitive way. Such a conclusion is based on the composition that a protagonist is the same person in each work. The circulating and repetitive structure indicates the history and destiny of Jews in a symbolical manner. It symbolizes that the Jews repetitively circle around the same place, as they wandered in the wilderness for 40 years because of crime. Ironically, it took 40 years to get Fateless published, as the Jews entered Canaan after wandering in the wilderness. Such a circulating and repetitive structure aims to shift or objectivize scars through repetitive remembrance and recreation of new characters. He imputes his agonies and scars in Auschwitz to doppelgaengers by making them emerge repetitively. "No" is a key word of the structure of severance. The word is a refusal to his wife's wish of a baby, but a declaration of the death of him, Jews and mankind at the same time. The structure of severance means settling the history of wandering Jews in a wider sense and the existence of Kertész himself in a narrower sense. Nevertheless, Kertész's settlement does not mean "end." Rather, it stands for "a new life." This concept seems to be influenced by the burning offering, a Jewish sacrifice ritual. The description technique conspicuous in his works is "getting angry instead" by ironic description. Most concentration camp works realistically describe the distresses and miseries in concentration camps. For example, Henryk Grynber, one of representative Polish concentration camp writers, recorded the painful experiences he made in his childhood, and vividly depicted the collective fear for "extermination" and the survival instinct hidden in unconsciousness. Kertész's Fateless affirmatively describes even German Nazi soldiers, unlike other concentration camp works. Their appearances and national characteristics are described affirmatively. In addition, the protagonist thinks making fri 본고에서는 2002년에 노벨문학상을 수상한 헝가리 작가 케르티스 임레의 수용소문학 작품을 폴란드 작가 타데우쉬 보로프스키의 『신사숙녀 여러분, 가스실로』와 오스트리아 출신 신경정신과 의사이자 작가인 빅터 프랭클의 『죽음의 수용소에서』와 비교하며 케르티스 임레의 수용소문학 작품이 갖는 특징을 도출해 보았다. 물론 현재까지 수많은 수용소문학 작품들이 발표되었기 때문에 두 작품을 케르티스 임레의 작품과 비교하는 작업은 다소 본고의 한계를 보여주기도 하지만 현재까지 헝가리 문학에 있어서 수용소문학에 관한 비교연구가 없었다는 점에서 헝가리 수용소문학에 있어서 비교문학 연구의 시발점이 될 수 있다는 점에서 위안을 삼고자 한다. 인류 현대사의 가장 커다란 비극인 홀로코스트 사건을 과연 문학화 할 수 있는가? 하는 문제는 오래 동안 진행되어온 수용소문학과 관련된 논쟁 중의 하나였다. 이러한 논쟁 중에 대부분의 작가들은 수용소문학의 사실성과 예술성 사이에서 사실성에 치중하여 수용소 안에서 벌어지는 참상을 고발하는데 역점을 두었다. 그러나 본고에서 다룬 케르티스 임레는 수용소의 참상보다는 그것을 기초로 한 주인공의 트라우마를 주로 다루었으며 사실성과 예술성 중에서 예술성에 중점을 두고 작품을 집필하였다. 그의 이러한 다른 수용소 작가들과의 차별성은 작품의 논제, 구조, 기법의 측면에서 드러난다.