6.25 소설에 나타난 부산 = Pusan in some Korean War stories

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This thesis analyzes five Korean War stories all of which take Pusan as their spatial backgroud. Three stories focus on men who migrated to Pusan from Seoul ("The Acrobat," "The Third Type of Man" and "The Mildawon Period") and another two study men from North Korea ("A Rainy Day," "Far from Home").
The protagonists of the former three stories are middle-aged men with their families and the latter two stories are about unmarried youngsters. The protagonists of the former three stories are all writers. Among them "Mildawon period" describes the alienation of the individual who left his family behind. The main story of "The Acrobat" is mainly about the desperate activity to preserve one's own 'room'. hence the demarcation line between his family and the outer world. On the other hand, "The Third Type of Man" is rather different in that it lays emphasis upon man's transformation caused by war. The world of the two stories about youngsters from North Korea is more desolate. "A Rainy Day" touches the question of human essence through the portrait of a very cynical and egocentric man. "Far from Home" gives spotlight to the inner struggle of man in general who cannot but to relinquish the purity as a result of social turmoil.
To these protanonists Pusan is really a battlefield for the survival. In Pusan they must do anything irrespective of their age and or previous social status. But this desolate space is also a space which stimulates the protagonists' insightful recognition in which one can really discover the meaning of human nature.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. 문제제기
• 2. <곡예사>
• 3. <제3인간형>
• 4. <밀다원시대>
• 5. <비 오는 날>
• 6. <탈향>
• 7. 결론