이청준 소설에 나타난 비가시적 세계의 숭고 - 『남도사람』과 『비화밀교』를 중심으로 -

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the aspects of sublimity found in Namdosaram and Bihwamilgyo and consider the effects of them. Namdosaram is focused on the idea of ‘sound of which words correspond to life’, and Bihwamilgyo is on the abstraction of the invisible world. In brief, these two texts are commonly focused on the object to be presented rather than that to be reproduced. The form of ‘a lump of the sun’ in Namdosaram combines contrastive and heterogeneous elements and arouses contradictory emotion. In addition, brutality of the father who is a singer overthrows the logic of reality. Bihwamilgyo embodies the invisible world into ‘a secret ritual’. In this ritual, 'I' hears the loud chorus and feels a thrill and terror, and that emotion gets transferred to noble sentiment with the form of a ‘ritual’. The Horse that is Reborn, the ending of Namdosaram series, the writer resolves the irony of ambivalence and finishes the sentiment of the work as sublimity. Also, in Bihwamilgyo, he embodies secret ‘explosion’ and ends with grotesqueness. Considering explosion is ‘tragedy’, we can see that what the writer values here is ‘forgiveness’ and ‘suggestion’ taking the principle of moderation and balance. In Lee Cheong-jun’s works, grotesque elements are adopted often, but they function as a means to elevate sublimity emotion after all.