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초록

This study examines Mo Yan’s novels Red Sorghum Family and Frog with the aim of analyzing how narratives of violence and manifestations of trauma appear in both characters and spatial settings. In Red Sorghum Family, the focus is on wartime and patriarchal violence, while in Frog the emphasis is on state institutional violence and violence against women. The study explores how these experiences shape trauma within the narrative. It also investigates the transformation of Gaomi Northeast Township: in Red Sorghum Family it shifts from an imagined utopian homeland into a space of violence and sacrifice, while in Frog it is depicted as a place where violence and vitality coexist. The findings show that although the two works differ in the agents and forms of violence, both employ a shared strategy of recalling and reconstructing violent memories. Through this process, they confront collective trauma and reaffirm human dignity. Ultimately, the study deepens understanding of violence and trauma in Mo Yan’s literature, contributes to the study of how contemporary Chinese literature engages with the memory of violence, and provides a basis for exploring the role of violence narratives in shaping social memory and cultural identity.

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