소설 개념과 허구성－동아시아의 소설 개념 다시 생각하기－ = Fiction and Fictionality: Rethinking the Concept of Fiction of East Asia

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The term “小說” in East Asia literally means “a small talk” or a record of miscellaneous narratives. Therefore, the term in its origin has no clear distinction between fact and fiction. It seems that this creates a considerable gap between the traditional concept of fiction and modern fiction in East Asia. A comparative study of fiction and fictionality, thus, would be helpful for us to reconceptualize the changing perception of fiction and fictionality in East Asia. This article aims to introduce recent theoretical approaches to the “rhetorical” nature of fictionality and rethink the concept of fiction as a narrative genre in East Asia through those new discourses on fictionality. The narrative theory of fictionality, which sheds light on the fact that there is no fixed boundary between fiction and nonfiction, is applicable for a further study of the concept of fiction in East Asia, which might be understood as an active interaction between fictionality and nonfictionality. In conclusion, we find that there are more similarities than differences between the European realism novel and traditional East Asian fiction in the aspect of perception of reality or its literary representation. This conclusion seems meaningful by supporting the contention that the traditional form of East Asian fiction cannot be considered inferior to that of the modern European novel in the pursuit of realistic representation.

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