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A review of gender discourse in the Ghibli animation "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya"

지브리 애니메이션 <가구야 공주 이야기>에서 나타나는 젠더 담론에 대한 고찰

  • 김예은 (경희대학교 디지털콘텐츠학과) ;
  • 김숭현 (경희대학교 디지털콘텐츠학과)
  • Received : 2021.07.06
  • Accepted : 2021.09.20
  • Published : 2021.09.28

Abstract

Animation is a media reflecting social ideas, not only conveying information but also creating a new discourse. The purpose of this paper is to examine the social issues and gender discourse reflected in the media by analyzing the gender discourse inherent in the protagonist and surrounding characters, narrative characteristics, and background of the Ghibli animation "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya". As a research method for this purpose, figure out social problems related to gender performance, and analyze prior researches to derive a connection with the gender discourse in the animation. Grandfather is symbolic of a father who forces his daughter to follow his chosen happiness, and grandmother represents a mother who can not stop her husband. Stemaru is the character not in the original, posing a question of the problem of gender performance while failing to get married due to lack of sufficient wealth and honor. Princess Kaguya had been self-reliant and active like a modern woman at the beginning of the story. However, after being suppressed by society and people around her, the stereotyped gender performance forced Kaguya, who longed for the earth, to wish to return to the moon. Such social pressure happens in modern society. Gender performance is a systemic problem to be solved with systemic change. For this reason, constant consideration such as this paper is needed.

애니메이션은 사회의 관념을 반영하는 미디어이며, 단순히 정보를 전달할 뿐 아니라 새로운 담론의 장을 형성하기도 한다. 본 논문은 지브리 애니메이션 <가구야 공주 이야기>의 주인공과 그 주변 인물, 서사적 특징, 작품 배경에 내재한 젠더 담론에 대한 분석을 통해 미디어에 반영된 사회 문제와 젠더 담론을 고찰하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 젠더 수행과 관련한 사회 문제를 파악하고, 선행 연구를 분석하여 작품에 내재한 젠더 담론과의 연결성을 도출하도록 한다. 할아범은 딸의 행복을 강요하는 아버지의 표상이며, 할멈은 그런 남편을 말리지 못하는 어머니를 보여준다. 또한, 가구야 공주의 첫사랑이나 재력과 신분이 없다는 이유로 결혼하지 못하는 원작과 다르게 추가된 스테마루라는 캐릭터를 통해 젠더 수행의 문제점이 나타났다. 현대 여성처럼 주체적이고 능동적인 면모를 보이던 가구야 공주는 사회와 주변 인물들로부터 견디기 힘든 억압과 강요로 인해 결국 달로 도피하는데, 이는 현대 사회에서 공공연히 일어나는 젠더 수행의 다양한 문제점을 반영한다고 할 수 있다. 본 논문은 젠더 수행 문제가 개인의 노력으로 해결할 수 있는 문제가 아닌 사회적 관념의 변화가 필요하다는 전제하에 다양한 콘텐츠에서 나타나는 젠더 담론에 대한 꾸준한 객관적 고찰의 필요성을 강조하고 있다.

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