초록 (Abstract)

Abstract

This study focuses on historical and social pains revealed in Han, Ha Woon''''s poems. The pains revealed in his works have close relationship with his life. Thus, this study takes into consideration the factors external to his works such as life and environment of the poet. As poet Han, Ha Woon led an extremely special life, biographical exploration on him becomes a direct means to understand his works. He directly used experiences and emotions which he earned through the process of his life as writing materials. Han, Ha Woon wrote poems to overcome his leprosy and he even contained the meaning of his existence in his poems. We cannot overlook the fact that his world of poem strongly reflects his life as a leper whether consciously or unconsciously.
The pains which Han, Ha Woon suffered from was historical and social ones, which resembles Homo Sacer which Giorgio Agamben mentioned. Homo Sacer is placed in the fissure or border which does not receive the protection not just of laws of humans but also those of God. Han, Ha Woon''''s works reveal the pain of alienation which was filled with a series of unjust treatments and stigma suffered as Homo Sacer or naked life, through which one can see the aspects of the pains of minority. In this respect, it is meaningful to analyze Han Ha Woon''''s works with Agamben''''s Homo Sacer theory.
First, Chapter I explores his special life and pains of the era with historical-biological criticism, which is a traditional critical method. A poet''''s special background of life is a very useful information data in analyzing poems. This study assumes that the reason why Han, Ha Woon had to explain his own poems came from his special physical condition which was filled with consistent downright pains. Therefore, structural perspective which only analyzes the works themselves cannot be considered the exact method, especially in analyzing Han, Ha Woon''''s poems. Thus, analysis of Han, Ah Woon''''s works requires research on his wretched life with leprosy and historical background.
For this purpose, chapter II looks into Han, Ha Woon''''s life and historical background. Han, Ha Woon''''s works contain pains of his special life. Hence, investigation on his life and historical background can be a cornerstone in understanding his works. His pains are revealed through the concept and aspect of ''''Homo Sacer'''' which Giorgio Agamben mentioned, which can be said to be historical and social pains which a naked life suffers from.
Chapter III deals with the concept and types of Agamben''''s Homo Sacer, which is the core theory of this study. The chapter defines the ''''concepts'''' of ''''types'''' of Homo Sacer, which are ''''objects of exception and exclusion'''', ''''boundary of exile and escape'''' and ''''coercion of confinement and sacrifice.''''
Chapter IV deals with aspects of pains in Han, Ha Woon''''s poems seen from the perspective of Homo Sacer. IV-1examines how one becomes the ''''object of exception and exclusion from sovereign power'''' and reveals the ''''pains of disease and alienation'''' while IV-2 looks into the pain of self-torture and self-denial which Han, Ha Woon''''s naked life suffered from by being won over as the object of exile and escape. IV-3 deals with works soaked with the pain of exile and escape, through which the study could understand the pains of minority which carries the historical and social pains.
Chapter Ⅴ organized the aspects of pains appearing in Han, Ha Woon''''s poems examined above.
This study explored the pains revealed in Han, Ha Woon''''s poems. He suffered from leprosy which is called ''''punishment of God'''' and was afflicted with triple pains of physical, historical and social pains. The emotions and sentiment of Han, Ha Woon''''s poems started from self-perception that he himself was thoroughly alienated from human society. Because he was a ''''Moondungi (literally ''''Hideous leper'''' in Korean language)'''', he had to be alienated from human society and suffered from horrendous abuses and even ''''human closure'''' completely devoid of human dignity. His poems sing the pain of alienation, being unable to lead a normal life due to the ''''punishment of God'''', leprosy. Han, Ha Woon''''s poems has a meaning in the history of Korean literature in that they provided materials (and opportunity) with which humans can understand the historical and social pains of Homo Sacer or minority.