김동리의 「무녀도」에 나타난 원형적 상징과 그 의미

Abstract

Kim Dong–Lee suggests ‘The ultimate Form of Life' as a literary prescription for the realistic problem. Kim Dong-Lee's early work, "Muneodo”depicts nature and the fate of human beings as a basic motif for ‘The ultimate Form of Life'. This thesis is based on the prerequisite that since the ‘The ultimate Form of Life' emphasized by an author has a fundamentally primitive orientation, the better understanding of the meaning of “Muneodo” is required for an in-depth interpretation of the archetypical symbols in the work. This article focuses on the fact that the “Muneodo” deals with the fundamental problems of human nature beyond religious conflict, and is to point out it concretely. In this article, I analyze the ‘a goblin cave’ and a shaman, ‘Mohwa’ as an archetypical symbols shown in the “Muneodo”, the meanings of the archetypical conflict between ‘Mohwa' and her son ‘Ugi’, and I will try to derive the holistic meanings of ‘last gut' equivalent to climax of the work. "Muneodo”depicts a prototypical space, a prototypical figure, and an archetypical human life. The mysterious ‘goblin cave’ is a primitive space of life as a natural world. The shamanism represented by ‘Mohwa’ correspond to the fundamental way of solving the fundamental problems. In doing so, the author maintains her as an archetypical symbol of the original spirit and soul of the nation, and draws up such a prototype concept to the level of humanity restoration. It is generally regarded as a symbol that the shaman overcomes the artificial limits and unifies with transcendental existence. ‘Mohwa’ symbolizes the oriental world and ‘Ugi’ the Western world. ‘Ugi’ are coming for the space of ‘Mohwa’. The conflicts between them are the archetypical and fundamental conflicts. Conflicts between them are not the result of rational judgment. Therefore, the conflict between them is not of a nature that can be solved by human power. The epilogue of the ‘Mohwa’ in the "Muneodo” is the scene where the author's literary consciousness is best reflected. The author hints at the ‘self’ assimilated with the nature, that is, the ‘Mohwa’ that came to the ground of the "mul-ailche(objects and self unification)”. The self-realization of "Muneodo” symbolizes the unity of self, nature, and universe. The author does not say that she died in the final scene of the work. The archetype of the ‘new man' is guaranteed eternity that can never die. Shamanism is a mediums between God and man. However, the author does not show her superhuman role in the work. ‘Mohwa’ is shaped as a desacralized, rather human, rather than a shaman. "Muneodo” sublimates the archetypical tragedy of human life into primitive aesthetics, that is, natural aesthetics. Therefore, "Muneodo” is a work that reflects the inner directivity of human being to return to the world of an archetypical life through passionate love of nature.