The purpose of this paper is to bring a new perspective on the literary value of Choi In Hoon's novel, 『Kwang-Jang』. 『Kwang-Jang』is not to be seen as treating ideology or love simply. This novel puts questions to the fundamental aspects of human being. The processes of discussion are like the follow...
The purpose of this paper is to bring a new perspective on the literary value of Choi In Hoon's novel, 『Kwang-Jang』. 『Kwang-Jang』is not to be seen as treating ideology or love simply. This novel puts questions to the fundamental aspects of human being. The processes of discussion are like the followings; 1) analyze {Kwang-Jang} as three-dimensional story structures 2) look at the relations between the plaza and the secret room through the process of psychological changes of Lee Myeong Jun, 3) illustrate the meaning of death based on the previous discussions. Summarized discussions are like followings. 1. 『Kwang-Jang』has a three-dimensional story structure, crossing the past and the present each other. The first-story structure is about Lee-Myeong Jun's life on the Tagor and his mental state. This past deals with the instinctive life on the deck. A virtual image, which is represented as a sea gull, plays an novel device and a vehicle to bring the subject. The second-story structure is about Lee Myeong Jun's past life and psychological state. The changing process of Lee Myeong Jun's ideology and thinking through the life in the South, in the North, and the in the War. The third-story structure is about the psychological state of Lee Myeong Jun that is interpreting things in a new way linking the past and the present. After looking back his life and thinking its meaning, he jumped into the 'Blue Plaza' to death. This is the first means we can interpret the meaning and subject of the novel. 2. Lee Myeong Jun's psychological state has changed through the life the South, in the North, in the War, and as a prisoner. He established the ideal form of life in his ideology, he endeavored to follow that. Although he felt the inconsistency between ideal and real, he denied it and looked for another world. Lee Myeong Jun thought that the real in his ideology cannot be accomplished because of the inconsistency in the reality. While he was in exchange of prisoners, he was forced to choose a neutral nation. He decided to live with the reality without the difference between real and ideal. After he realized a gap between real world he died on the deck of the Tagor. 3. (1), (2) has been discussed as a preliminary step for deriving the meaning of plaza. The subject of this novel is realized through the symbol system, like a plaza and secret room. Sometimes, the relationship between plaza and secret room is represented as a opposite relationship, and, sometimes, as a included relationship. He thoughts there is a plaza in which he can live ideally. So he established the ideal form of life in his ideology. The plaza, however, was reduced into his own small plaza in face of the reality. Therefore, it become a secret room. 4. The meaning of Lee Myeong Jun's death can be seen as the subject. He realized the difference between the real and ideal, and realized that is to impossible to live in the real world as it live in ideal world and then he died. His death is an act in which there is a consistency between his mind and act. Choi In-hoon's novel, 『Kwang-Jang』, deals wits the fundamental questions of human life. The human being want to live, real life, but realize cannot. This make human being realize it. Lee Myeong Jun's death can be seen as a real freedom because it gets not only the freedom from social regulations but also the freedom into mind. Moreover, Lee Myeong Jun's death puts the questions into us "what's the fundamental aspects of life." Therefore, Lee Myeong Jun's death can be said as Messianic death.
The purpose of this paper is to bring a new perspective on the literary value of Choi In Hoon's novel, 『Kwang-Jang』. 『Kwang-Jang』is not to be seen as treating ideology or love simply. This novel puts questions to the fundamental aspects of human being. The processes of discussion are like the followings; 1) analyze {Kwang-Jang} as three-dimensional story structures 2) look at the relations between the plaza and the secret room through the process of psychological changes of Lee Myeong Jun, 3) illustrate the meaning of death based on the previous discussions. Summarized discussions are like followings. 1. 『Kwang-Jang』has a three-dimensional story structure, crossing the past and the present each other. The first-story structure is about Lee-Myeong Jun's life on the Tagor and his mental state. This past deals with the instinctive life on the deck. A virtual image, which is represented as a sea gull, plays an novel device and a vehicle to bring the subject. The second-story structure is about Lee Myeong Jun's past life and psychological state. The changing process of Lee Myeong Jun's ideology and thinking through the life in the South, in the North, and the in the War. The third-story structure is about the psychological state of Lee Myeong Jun that is interpreting things in a new way linking the past and the present. After looking back his life and thinking its meaning, he jumped into the 'Blue Plaza' to death. This is the first means we can interpret the meaning and subject of the novel. 2. Lee Myeong Jun's psychological state has changed through the life the South, in the North, in the War, and as a prisoner. He established the ideal form of life in his ideology, he endeavored to follow that. Although he felt the inconsistency between ideal and real, he denied it and looked for another world. Lee Myeong Jun thought that the real in his ideology cannot be accomplished because of the inconsistency in the reality. While he was in exchange of prisoners, he was forced to choose a neutral nation. He decided to live with the reality without the difference between real and ideal. After he realized a gap between real world he died on the deck of the Tagor. 3. (1), (2) has been discussed as a preliminary step for deriving the meaning of plaza. The subject of this novel is realized through the symbol system, like a plaza and secret room. Sometimes, the relationship between plaza and secret room is represented as a opposite relationship, and, sometimes, as a included relationship. He thoughts there is a plaza in which he can live ideally. So he established the ideal form of life in his ideology. The plaza, however, was reduced into his own small plaza in face of the reality. Therefore, it become a secret room. 4. The meaning of Lee Myeong Jun's death can be seen as the subject. He realized the difference between the real and ideal, and realized that is to impossible to live in the real world as it live in ideal world and then he died. His death is an act in which there is a consistency between his mind and act. Choi In-hoon's novel, 『Kwang-Jang』, deals wits the fundamental questions of human life. The human being want to live, real life, but realize cannot. This make human being realize it. Lee Myeong Jun's death can be seen as a real freedom because it gets not only the freedom from social regulations but also the freedom into mind. Moreover, Lee Myeong Jun's death puts the questions into us "what's the fundamental aspects of life." Therefore, Lee Myeong Jun's death can be said as Messianic death.
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