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KMID : 0385319980090010052
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Journal of Korean Psychoanalytic Society
1998 Volume.9 No. 1 p.52 ~ p.80
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Psychodynamic Study of Heo Kyoon and His Novel, 「Hongkildong Chon」
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Han Wou-Sang
Cho Doo-Young
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Abstract
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The famous Korean classic, 「Hongkildong Chon」 was written by Heo Kyoon, a politician and versatile man of letters whose stormy life spanned the 16th and 17th centuries during the Chosen dynasty. We evaluated the psychodynamics of his novel, 「Hongkildong Chon」 and his life on which his novel was based. As a child of a second wife, he lost his father early in life ; those he loved, he lost later. A a young man, he showed genius, and was generally known to be extremely knowledgeable as well as an excellent writer. He was, however, criticized for his haughtiness and arrogance, and though a good diplomat, failed to adjust as a government official because of his personal traits. His personality appears to have originated from his pathologic narcissism and deficient ego identity, as a man, he lacked confidence, and his troublesome personal development caused considerable psychological trauma and deficient object relationships ; his interpersonal relationships were thus poor, and he escaped from reality and devoted himself to writing. At a surface level, 「Hongkildong Chon」 expressed antigovernment opinion, but at a deeper level, the author revealed his personal conflict and narcissism. For Hongkildong and for Heo Kyoon, an underdeveloped ego identity was a common feature : in this novel, the writer expressed his own sublimated yearnings for what he has not accomplished in the reality.
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