Memory and Restriction of Body: Comparing Geboren 1999 with The Giver Woo-hak Lee․So-young Yoon (Konkuk University) This paper deals with two texts of young adult literature: Charlotte Kerner's Geboren 1999 (1989) and Lois Lowry's The Giver (1993). In these texts, memory is a recurring theme, which overwhelms the whole textures of them respectively. The process of controlling memory is shown in The Giver. Jonas, the Giver, is an elected, atypical leader called the Receiver (of memories for others). He and his people are living in a utopian society where there are no wars, fear and pain. However, the community where they are living is like a prison without walls simply because there is no free will on the other hand. Therefore, there is something massively hidden from the superficial reality such as corruption, inhumanity, and concealment. Jonas could uncover the stinky absurdities and leave the community to search for his real identity even though he has magnificent power to control others' memories and deliver some regulated memories to others. In Geboren 1999, Karl seems to have no memory about his mother. In search of his own mother, Karl faces various realities related to his birth. In the end, he found out he was born from an AU(artificial uterus), nurturing donated sperm and egg. It is difficult for Karl to admit an AU is his mother. For that reason, he destroyed the AU by himself. He called this incident “an unprecedented matricide”. In so doing, he makes his own way to establish his genuine identity.
목차
I. 들어가며 II. 기억의 역할, 기억의 담론 III. 몸의 구속과 통제 IV. 정체성과 주체성 V. 나가며 인용문헌 Abstract
키워드
memorybodyidentityyoung-adultsGeboren 1999The Giver
국제언어인문학회 [INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HUMANISTIC STUDIES IN LANGUAGE]
설립연도
2000
분야
인문학>언어학
소개
국제언어인문학회는 '언어를 통한 인문학 연구'의 필요성에 동감하는 여러 전공분야 학자들의 뜻을 담고 있습니다. 언어에 초점을 맞추는 것은, 다양한 전공분야의 참여에서 생겨날 수 있는 '이질적 집합'의 상황을 극복하기 위한 장치입니다. 현재로서는 작은 불씨를 지핀 것에 불과합니다. 그러나 이렇게 일구어진 불꽃이 새로운 학풍의 바람결에 커다란 섬광으로 빛나게 될 날이 올 것을 우리는 확신합니다. 우리의 학회와 학술지는 인문학 불변의 가치와 시대적 사명을 인식하는 국내외의 학자들을 향해 활짝 개방되어 있습니다. 특정 전공의 범위를 넘어서서 철학, 문학, 언어학, 종교, 역사, 문화, 예술 등의 시각에서 언어의 본질을 토론할 기회가 될 것입니다.