장용학 소설에 나타난 디오니소스적인 미적사상 고찰

Abstract

This tudy explores the nihilistic aesthetics in the novelsof Yong-hakChang on the representative of post-Korean war novelist, focusing on thecatastrophic efects of Korean war on his novels especialyon his depdistrust of history and existing social values, which may befound both inthe contents and forms of his novels. This writer have in comon in hisshared isbelief in such 'big words' as truth, god, and morality, leading hisnovels to what we cal the devaluation of the highest values,Rather hisworks lean towards the new representation our world as a kindof the worldof demonic power and mythical violence.His characters are what we may cal non-humans, who are obsessedwith guilty conscience. His characters of non-humans lost heir beliefs insuch social principles of modern world as causality and reason. Thischaracters may be termed positive nihilists who wish to watch is owndestruction with wilingnes.Apart from the similar elements in his thematic ontents, the stylesand form of his works ilustrate the shared nihilistic aesthetics.The deonysian aesthetic and the tragic to Chang. The terible violencein the Korean war inscribe the unerasable scars on his world view(Weltanschaung). The depresed characters in his novels embody the