• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.9 no.11
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• pp.180-188
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to rethink the common theme that penetrates Faulkner's authorship. That is to say, does his authorship come from "being white"? To answer this question, I try to look into "otherness"/violence against others through re-reading Light in August. By borrowing the idea of "panopticon' mechanism in Michel Foucault's Surveiller et Punir, I will examine the process of justifying the violence against others, especially blacks. Through this process, I try to research the one side of Faulkner's Southern myth which was riddled with the history of pillage and violation of black people's rights. In Light in August, I will compare Jefferson society which encircles Joe Christmas to panopticon mechanism derived from Michel Foucault's Surveiller et Punir. Jefferson society as a designer of surveillance system and an executor as well ceaselessly surveils Joe Christmas's otherness/difference or blackness and tries to punish him whenever they can. With this mechanism, I try to explain that writer's repetitive narration of collective amoral behavior such as lynch comes from his anxiety and conscience about his dark side Southern history.

• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.20
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• pp.33-56
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• 2003

The main purpose of this study is to understand social role of the photography. The photography makes the people do not deviate from social discipline. In this meaning, the photography is a surveillant of the society. Especially, this study examines the social role of the photography at the European society in 19th century. In order to accomplish the above purpose of this study, the oppressive and honorific functions of photography are investigated. The result of this study is described as follows. First, the surveillance through photography extends its areas to everyday life of the people. Second, the development of technology releated to photographic image produces new types of surveillance. Third, the photography presents the images of model persons and the photography makes the people follow this images.