• The Korean Publising Journal, Monthly
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• s.239
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• pp.4-4
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• 1998

환상문학이 비상한 관심을 끌고 있다. 여기에는 모더니즘의 퇴조, 문학의 위기의식, 모호한 시대적 상황 등이 맞물려 있다. 흥미로운 것은 한국 고전문학에도 이같은 패턴이 자주 발견된다는 점이다. 우리의 고전문학과 현대문학에서 '환상성'의 중요성은 이제 결코 간과할 수 없다.

• The Korean Publising Journal, Monthly
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• s.239
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• pp.6-11
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• 1998

우리의 현실 속에 비현실을 체험하곤 한다. 매일 밤 꾸는 꿈에서, 가까운 사람의 죽음에서, 컴퓨터 게임이나 시뮬레이션 공간에서 비현실을 감지한다. 현실과 가상의 경계가 모호한 현대사회에서 환상문학이 던지는 반어법적 질문은 오히려 이 시대 인간의 심연과 맞닿아 있다. 이즈음 새롭게 떠오르는 환상문학의 관심은 대표적인 고전작품들 속에서 그 뿌리를 확인해 볼 수 있다. 9인의 문인.평론가가 세계 환상문학의 백미를 가려 뽑아 독자 여러분께 소개한다.

• The Korean Publising Journal, Monthly
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• s.216
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• pp.8-9
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• 1997

이제는 우리에게 다가온 환상문학이 구체적 삶 속에서 어떤 의미를 갖는지부터 꼼꼼히 따져야 한다. 그것이 문학지평을 확대하거나 새로운 인식을 열어나가기보다 도리어 허위적 삶을 합리화하고 삶 속의 교묘한 지배책략을 고무하지 않는지 비평가는 조심스럽게 살펴야 한다.

• The Korean Publising Journal, Monthly
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• s.239
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• pp.5-5
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• 1998

순수문학부터 대중문학 장르까지 아우르고 있는 환상소설은 90년대 리얼리즘 급격한 퇴조, 통신세대의 등장과 맞물려 독자적인 영역으로 자리잡아가고 있다. 90년대 중후반 관심이 늘기 시작한 환상소설 출간은 영화.만화 등으로 연결, 출판계 지형을 바꿀 만큼 잠재력이 클 것으로 전망한다.

• The Korean Publising Journal, Monthly
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• s.237
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• pp.20-21
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• 1998

나의 평론집에는 '인간'이라는 말이 늘 화두로 등장한다. 무엇 때문에 그토록 '인간'에 매달렸는지 모르겠는데, 결국 그것은 '인간'을 벗어나기 위한 몸부림의 과정이었다. 총체적 인간학인 문학의 보다 높은 원리를 갈구하던 나의 평론은 세기말 문학현상에 대한 안타까운 사랑이다.

• The Korean Publising Journal, Monthly
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• s.296
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• pp.16-17
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• 2001

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.26-34
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• 2014

This study considered movie costumes shown in 'Alice In Wonderland' by Tim Burton based on the Theory of Fantasy in Literature by Tzvetan Todorov and Rosemary Jackson. The research method used was a case study on expression types of fantasy used in movie costumes with a literature research based on the Theory of Fantasy in Literature. The Theory of Fantasy in Literature has significance in suggesting a new theoretical approach for understanding a visual perspective and aesthetic characteristics shown in fashion as well as movie costumes. The conclusions of the study are as follows. First, fantasy can connote characteristics of the marvelous, the uncanny, and the imitative through a consideration of Theory of Fantasy in Literature. Second, the marvelous is what is not beautiful, not ugly, but is strange and surprising, and what escapes from the existing norm. The characteristics of the marvelous in movie costumes are expressed through cross-dressing or displayed by allowing the personified animal to wear clothes. Third, the uncanny is something that causes grotesque, disgusting, comic and recreational responses. The characteristics of the uncanny in movie costumes are expressed through exaggerating and artificially transforming the body. Fourth, the imitative is the property of trying to imitate or follow other things. The characteristics of the imitative in movie costumes are indicated by dismantling and expanding a form through borrowing costumes from various ages.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.35
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• pp.107-128
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• 2014

Cultural Content industries based on imagination and creativity are attracting attention and the animation high value-added industry is still spotlighted. Among them, Disney Studios make money through using their professional skills. There are the know-how has developed for a long time, and there are timeless strategy. This study is analyzing by fantasy elements for knowing the messages of Disney animation. Fantasy defined as genre of literature by Todorov and Jackson emphasized its social role and significance. Hume expanded the area of fantasy and Tolkein Jahoriski and Boyer classified the fantasy according to the purpose. Through the analyzing Disney animation , Disney's fantasy show the specific expression depending on the target. Disney is based on the three types of fantasy depending on the growth of the journey. The first area is composed of the main character's growth and satisfy the desire and escapism, The second is the word of antagonist who opposed to reality and break the rules of the dominant ideology. The last area is the utopia provided after hero beat the antagonist. Disney characters give the messages by using the fantasy like the transformation or alter ego. That show the subject of the main character's growth and the supporting characters as the expression of the multiple personality of main. These emphasize the hero's growth and give the fun. Also, in the subject of the otherness, the hero always destroy the evil who broke the rules of reality. In this way, the fantasy offered by Disney give the messages of sacrifice and family from true love. Disney has the support of their target audiences continue to be able to convey ideology.

• Journal of Popular Narrative
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.135-158
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• 2019

The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the characteristics that make Guillermo del Toro's film Pan's Labyrinth (2006) a fantasy film, and the meaning and function of the labyrinth motifs closely related to it. Tzvetan Todorov defined the 'fantastic' as the hesitation between natural and supernatural interpretations in the face of supernatural events that invade reality. In Pan's Labyrinth, the fantastic continues to be seen, because the film does not allow the hesitation to disappear; thus, the fantastic does not enter the 'uncanny' genre or 'marvelous' genre, and because it keeps its fantastic state. In this case, the labyrinth symbolizes art as a passage into the fantastic world and a space that represents it. Rosemary Jackson saw the fantasy as a "literature of desire to compensate for a lack resulting from cultural constraints" and thus repeatedly dealing with unconscious materials. Del Toro's film shows the character of the fantastic as an expression of desire by allowing 'family romance' to take place in the fantastic world. In this case, the labyrinth symbolizes the mind as a place of desire. Kathryn Hume defined fantasy as a reaction to reality, like mimesis, and 'departure from consensus reality.' The film, operating in a 'vision' genre, satisfies its definition by allowing the fantastic world to illuminate the reality world through 'contrastive' technique, and brings out the fantastic it has. In this case, the labyrinth symbolizes the world as a mirror of the world of reality. Thus, Pan's Labyrinth is representative of fantastic film in that the fantastic functions very effectively, and the labyrinth appearing in this film can be evaluated as a motif that is full of meaning by symbolizing all three elements of art, world and mind. The significance of this paper is to shed light on how a motif works in a particular genre through the above considerations.

• Journal of Korean Classical Literature and Education
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• no.34
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• pp.41-74
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• 2017

This study aimed to investigate the narrative strategy and meaning of fantasy in classic novels and to derive the educational meaning from the fantasy of Sukhyangjeon. This study selected Sukhyangjeon because is considered a suitable literary text that embodies characteristics of fantasy inherent in classical novels through its successful portrayal of the fantasy genre and its high popularity during its time. Specifically, this study observed that the "notice of hardships" which repeatedly appears in the narration of Sukhyangjeon reinforces the fantasy of the novel as it serves as an advance notice of intervention from heaven. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship between the notice of hardships and fantasy by focusing on Sukhyang's life. The way in which the "notice of hardships" is a form of illusion realized it evident in the plot when heaven saves Sukhyang from her hardship even though it was heaven that had granted her those forms of hardship. Firstly, the "notice from heaven" constitutes the macro structure of Sukhyangjeon. Through it, readers realize the enormous power of heaven by seeing how Sukhyang's life has been realized in accordance with heaven's notice with that, it evokes a sense of respect to heaven. In addition, heaven saves Sukhyang from different forms of danger. It enhances a miraculous feeling, which the omnipotent power of heaven shows, against the innocent appearance of Sukhyang during her times of danger. Meanwhile, when heaven notifies Sukhyang and the surrounding people of their fate and subsequently realizes it through dreams, this act creates a mysterious atmosphere and improves the probability of the narrative. If so, the narrative meaning in reinforcing the fantasy of the novel by the use of "notice of hardships" could be revealed through Sukhyang's real life. First, the hardship in which Sukhyang has gone through is so realistic and detailed that the readers' feelings of empathy are evoked with the fear of the coming hardship, wailing together, and trying to resolve the inner anxiety through Sukhyang's happiness. Second, the heavenly beings who are touched by the good behaviors of Sukhyang save her from the dangers of death. This creates the belief in readers that heaven intervenes for the good people. Third, the active attitude that Sukhyang and Leesun show in the process of marriage helps them overcome their earthly hardship and preserve their relationship in heaven. This gives readers hope that they could go to a "higher life" after going through suffering. This fantasy of Sukhyangjeon helps readers overcome their anxieties of reality through fantasy and recognizes the importance of relationships to enhance a sense of unity and solidarity with others. Because of these elements, it is expected that the fantasy of Sukhyangjeon will have a meaningful value to modern readers.