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A Study on The Self-identity in Role-playing Games - Focused on Lacan's Psychoanalysis

롤플레잉 게임에서의 자아 정체성에 관한 연구 - 라캉의 정신분석학을 중심으로

  • Xiao Zhongyi ;
  • Choi Won-ho (Dept. of Visual Contents, Dongseo Univ)
  • 샤오종이 (동서대학교 영상콘텐츠학과) ;
  • 최원호 (동서대학교 영상콘텐츠학과)
  • Received : 2024.03.14
  • Accepted : 2024.04.30
  • Published : 2024.05.31

Abstract

As today's "ninth art", role-playing games recognized by most players due to their surreal themes and sustained reflection on social diseases. Through precise control of story-telling and game visuals, players develop an avatar identification during role-playing game. Based on Lacan's mirror stage theory, a new self-identity mechanism is established under the guidance of role-playing games. As a "player", the subject's interpretation of himself is shifted by the game order, and the subject identifies with the role-playing game while at the same time being structured by the desire of role-playing game. The immersive experience and emotional guidance of role-playing games all point to the most instinctive human desires. The psychoanalytic theory from Lacan's perspective explains the source of players' desire, and the expression of players' desire in the game. It also plays an important role in the emotional rendering and identity aspects of role-playing games. This paper is to establish that role-playing games do have an impact on the player's self-identity through a Lacanian psychoanalytic reading of role-playing games.

오늘날 롤플레잉 게임은 '제9의 예술'로서 초현실적인 주제와 사회적 이슈를 반영해나가고 있으며, 플레이어는 스토리텔링과 게임의 전개를 통해 자신의 역할을 설정, 수행해나간다. 이에 연구자는 롤플레잉 게임 속에서 주체가 라캉의 '거울 단계'의 메커니즘과 같이 자아의 정체성을 설정한다고 주장한다. '플레이어'로서의 주체가 게임에 대한 해석을 통해 게임의 질서 속으로 이동되고, 게임이 부과하는 욕망에 의해 구조화된다. 롤플레잉 게임의 몰입적 경험과 정서적 유입은 인간의 근원적인 욕망을 부상시키게 된다는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 라캉의 정신분석학을 바탕으로 욕망하는 주체가 게임의 플레이어로서 대치된 욕망에 근접하게 되고, 자아 정체성이 변화하게 됨을 규명하고자 한다.

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