최상규 문학 연구

A Study on Choi Sang-kyu Literature

Since Sang-kyu Choi made his debut in the literary world, he wrote 160 novels; nevertheless, it is unfortunate hardly to study Sang-kyu Choi in comparison with the number of his works. His works are divided into four characteristics in this paper, which can be described as follows. Firstly, the technique of stream of consciousness used in the psychological novel is often used in his novels. This technique harmonized with his short sentences, so that it is revealed as the exposure of unconsciousness in fragments. It also disorganizes the accidental development and heart of incident like the floating stream of consciousness. The technique of stream of consciousness in this psychological novel characterizes his novels. Secondly, he is in a position of the materialistic view of history that soul will vanish if the body vanishes. As a consequence of that, man is afraid and fearful of the disappearance; nevertheless, he is able to overcome the horror and fear of death with belief and trust in man. In other words, he isn't afraid and fearful with belief in something of the time that man has to accept death since death is a process of man's life. Thirdly, his literary works are in the literature of self-exploration. In his works, he composed various forms of split-self, and then he tries to discover true ego. Those self-explorations are revealed with extraordinary imagination in his works. Furthermore. we can see the journey that he makes an effort to find new ego in the hopeless real world. Finally, he expresses the self-investigation based on the consciousness of his hometown. He wanders isolated from the space of real shelter like his father, mother, hometown, family, and so on. He considers his home not as the function of shelter and protection but as the source that makes him discover his ego.