켈러의 『일본군위안부』에 나타난 여성 억압 및 모녀관계 회복 = The Suppression of Women and the Restoration of Mother-daughter Relations in Keller’s Comfort Woman

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to explore the problems of healing and restoration of sick past and sad history that Korean women experienced in modern history through Comfort Woman by Nora Okja Keller. This paper examines the deep understanding of the history in order to discuss the problems of women's repressed self and external voices. The way for Japanese soldiers to control comfort women was to control language. Induk suffers death through strong resistance by destroying the use of prohibited language in this work. Japanese soldiers ridicule Soon Hyo because she accepts Akiko, a Japanese name for Induk, and clothes without hesitation. However, Soon Hyo is symbolically embracing 'resistance' by wearing Akiko's name and clothes. Akiko (Soon Hyo)’s daughter, Beccah, who does not accept the mother's words and takes a gesture of rejection, is the part where two women and girls are going to be disconnected rather than communicating with each other. However, Beccah experiences a new cognitive transition through mother’s death. Ultimately, restoring the bond between mother and daughter means that the disconnected past, present, and future can be renewed. In conclusion, Keller argues for the restoration of maternal and maternal relationships as an essential element to identify all women as a fundamental force and identity as a woman. In other words, Keller shows that what is important prior to sympathy and healing is mutual understanding and empathy among women. And the understanding among these women can be extended to mutual understanding.

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