The root cause of the suffering of Yeong-hye denies all clear-cut medical nomenclatures in Han Kang’s novel The Vegetarian. This paper discusses how heath institutions (in the context of the text) negate the aspects of cultural oppression, sexual trauma and power-play (referring to Michel Foucault) within the family structure while formulating a categorical taxonomy of a disease. In a constant struggle with anorexia, vegetal metamorphosis and parallel dream sequences, the cause-effect relationships in the illness of Yeonghye and her sister In-hye defers end-significations with plurality. Bringing in Susan Bordo, the hierarchy of gender in the control over food choices is discussed in the light of etiology of Yeong-hye’s disease, its “whatness”, and how medical institutions define her clinical condition.

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韩康《素食者》中疾病分类的斗争

英惠受苦的根本原因否定了韩康小说《素食主义者》中所有明确的医学术语。本文讨论了健康制度（在文本的上下文中）如何在制定疾病的分类分类法时否定家庭结构中的文化压迫、性创伤和权力游戏（指米歇尔·福柯）等方面。在与厌食症、植物变态和平行梦境序列的不断斗争中，英惠和她姐姐仁惠的疾病的因果关系以多元性推迟了最终意义。引入 Susan Bordo，根据永惠病的病因、其“性质”以及医疗机构如何定义她的临床状况，讨论了控制食物选择的性别等级。