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A Study of the Relationship between the Subject and the Other in the Early Poems of Jeong Hyeon-jong
Korean Studies Quarterly / Korean Studies Quarterly, (P)2671-8197; (E)2733-936X
2025, v.48 no.4, pp.347-371
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(2025). A Study of the Relationship between the Subject and the Other in the Early Poems of Jeong Hyeon-jong. , 48(4), 347-371.
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Abstract
Jeong Hyeon-jong’s early poems show an interest in the other, and are particularly noteworthy in their definition of objects as “the other.” He thinks that communication with the other, including objects, is possible as a “body.” This point can be discussed in relation to the phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty, who insisted on the reciprocity of the subject and the other based on physicality. Jeong Hyeon-jong includes emotions such as sadness and joy in addition to objects that become human tools in “things.” “Things” have a “self-identity” with their own reasons, and the poet supports the self-identity of “things.” Jeong Hyeonjong argues that the intervention of the subject should be minimized in order to maintain the maximum independence of “things.” The recursive expression and tautology that appear frequently in early poems are creative methods to exclude the interpretation of the subject as much as possible while expressing the self-identity of “things.” The communication between the subject and the other is embodied as a fusion through material imagination in poems. The “flesh” actually refers to an individual body, but it is aiming for “Chair” as an environment in which the subject and the other interact. At this time, the “flesh” is similar to Merleau-Ponty’s “Chair,” which is a common environment that enables the mutual relationship between the subject and the other. The attitude toward “the other” in the early poems also appears consistently in the poems of Jeong Hyeon-jong after the middle period. Therefore, the study of the subject-the other relationship in the early poems can be an important clue in explaining the entire works of Jeong Hyeon-jong.
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- Jeong Hyeon-jong, the subject-the other, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, intercorporéité, chair, self-identity, things, 정현종, 주체-타자, 메를로 퐁티, 상호신체성, 살, 자기동일성, 사물
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