書寫情感經驗，再構歷史記憶：以崔允和韓江的5‧18小說為例

The Narrative of Emotional Experiences and Reconstruction of Historical Memories: Focusing on the May 18 Novels of Ch’oe Yun and Han Kang

本文透過分析崔允和韓江在韓國1980年代和2010年代發表的小說，探索關於光州民主化運動的歷史記憶與創傷如何以個人經驗的形式被重新書寫。身為「未體驗」群體，崔允和韓江的文本藉由從個人經驗、主觀情感切入事件，讓直接記憶空白的自己與5‧18產生連結，擴展對歷史書寫的不同想像，展現了歷史記憶在後世代的文化生活中續存與重構的一面。崔允的〈無聲凋零的一片花瓣〉描繪目擊母親罹難現場的少女，直面創傷、找回記憶的心路歷程；韓江的《少年來了》則刻畫未體驗世代通過與受害者在情感上共享創傷，建構和5‧18的「後記憶」緊密關聯的歷史意識與身份認同。兩篇小說以緊扣個人內心世界的真實聲音、私密情感變化的微觀敘事，爬梳未體驗世代共情與反思既定歷史論述的過程。不同時代的個人透過接觸5‧18記憶時產生的身體反應、情感共振，去體驗、記住、重構連結個人和他者的歷史記憶，「過去／歷史」因此得以在社會和個人層面被重新詮釋、多元書寫，不斷更新自身的現實意義。

Through the analysis of novels published by Ch’oe Yun and Han Kang in the 1980s and 2010s, this article explores how the historical memory and trauma of the Gwangju democratization movement are rewritten in the form of personal experiences. Ch’oe Yun and Han Kang, with no firsthand experience of historical disaster, narrate the events from the perspective of personal experiences and subjective emotions. To describe the past makes them be able to connect themselves with the May 18 incident, expand and reconstruct the imagination of historical writing. Ch’oe Yun’s novel“Here a Petal Silently Falls”depicts a girl who witnessed her mother’s death confronting the trauma of being caught up in a violent scene and recovering her memories. Han Kang’s novel Human Acts portrays the unexperienced generation constructing a historical consciousness by looking back on the past and emotionally sharing the pain of the May 18 incident with the victims. Both novels examine the process of empathy and reflection on established historical narratives through a micro-narrative that closely ties to the individual’s inner voice and the subtle changes of private emotions. Individuals from different eras experience, remember, and reconstruct historical memories that connect people through bodily reactions and emotional resonance when engaging with the memory of May 18. Thus,“the past/history”can be reinterpreted and written in diverse ways, continually updating its significance in reality.