신동엽과 함석헌의 시 비교 연구 －씨앗의 상상력을 중심으로－

Abstract

Based on Donghak ideology, Shin Dong-yup presented a “Jeonkyungin” who could lead to a world of return where true life is possible on top of the historical view of “Wonsoosung”, “Chasoosung” and “Grusoosung”, Ham Seok-heon put forward a “ssial” that could revolutionize as a subject of history and society by accepting Western Christian ideas. At the center of the idea of “Jeonkyungin” and the idea of “ssial”, the imagination of Seed is working. It explored the possibility of a revolution that could go beyond the deteriorated era as seeds, an individual, are moving toward the spread of life through the process of decay and germination. In Shin Dong-yeop and Ham Seok-heon’s poems, the spaces of “seeds” are expressed as “vacuum”/“cave” and “golbang”(the sanctuary of heart), respectively. In particular, “vacuum” is revealed as the first prototype of “neutral,” an important concept in Shin Dong-yeop’s literature. They think of the people, who are the subjects of history, as the image of “seeds,” and operate the parables of rot and germination at the same time through “vacuum/cave” and “golbang,” which are the spaces of seeds. Soon, “seeds” are revealed as the potential of utopian time and space. They constantly expressed their thoughts on the impossible utopia, centering on the “people” in the oppressive political reality of the time.