THE MOTIF OF LONELINESS IN YOM SANSOP’S STORY “THE FROG IN THE LABORATORY”

Аннотация

In the literature of the peoples of the world, the problem of society and man is always a leading theme. In the works created based on this aspect, a person’s alienation from society, isolation from people, and living alone are reflected in a tragic manner. In fact, there are two aspects of loneliness: first, one loses one’s identity, and second, one realizes one’s identity. In world literature, the theme of loneliness is interpreted as a positive and negative phenomenon. KEYWORDS Adolescence, suffering, literature, Korean prose, Korean readers, naturalism, author-character, laboratory.