This study aims to analyze how the psychology of characters and their changes are described through ‘food’ in the dramas ‘Winter Sunflower’ and ‘Asian Sweets’ by the playwright Chong Wishing. For example, in ‘Winter Sunflower’, the main story is based on the host family of Galmegi-jang, and the conflict between the mother and son, and their lovers. The suppressed feelings of the characters in the play are expressed all the time as only beer and cola appear on the empty table at the end of the year. In the scene where they seek reconciliation, everyone sits around eating osechi, a holiday food. ‘Asian Sweets’, on the other hand, depicts a family’s long-term hustle and bustle as a cold food taken from the refrigerator or a dessert that has been sown in a convenience store. The scene of alleviating their conflict is not a conversation or another event, but a warm hot pot. As such, these two works suggest a new feature of Chong’s play in that he actively uses the image of food in showing relationships between characters whose dialogues in drama are not explained enough.
한국일본언어문화학회 [Japanese Language & Culture Association of Korea]
설립연도
2001
분야
인문학>일본어와문학
소개
본 학회는 일본어학 및 일본문학은 물론, 일본의 정치, 경제, 문화, 사회 등의 일본학 전반에 걸친 연구 및 일본의 언어, 문화를 매체로 한 한국과의 비교 연구를 대상으로 하고 있다. 본 학회는 회원들에게 연구 발표 및 정보 교환의 기회를 부여하고 나아가 한국에서의 바람직한 일본 연구 자세를 확립하는 것을 주된 목표로 하고 있다.