리쾨르의 “미메시스(Mimesis) 이론”에 함의된자기 지식의 개념 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine on the concept of self-knolwedge acquired by story learning. Ricoeur, succeeding to Aristotle’s theory of Mimesis, does not confine Aristotle’s to the theory of story creating, but reconceptualize it as the process of acquiring self-knowledge by understanding of other’s action in the story. According to Ricoeur’s theory on “triple Mimesis”, the first Mimesis, that is, MimesisⅠ is to have the pre-understanding which is necessary to understand other’s action. Secondly, MimesisⅡ makes possible for the reader to have the question on “the intelligible whole”, which is the “thought” in the story. Lastly, Mimesis Ⅲ is the process of discovering the answer to the question on “the intelligible whole” for oneself. Understanding of other’s action is to evaluate it in the light of the norms. As the understanding of other’s action expands, the knolwedge of norms is to be concretized. The concretized knowledge of norms makes the reader understand his or her action better than before. The concrete knowledge of norms leads to self-knowledge on reader’s own action. Self-knowledge is to be acquired not only by Socrates’ examination on ones’ beliefs and opinions, but also by understanding of other’s action by story learning. Understanding of other’s action facilitates to develop the knowledge of norms, which makes possible to reflect on one’s own action.