이청준 소설에 나타난 ‘신념’과 ‘검증’의 길항관계-「당신들의 천국」·「자서전들 쓰십시다」·「자유의 문」을 중심으로

Abstract

The topic that we are going to discuss is ‘The Faith’. In this article, we will discuss about the author's view and the meaning of the topic. Author Lee Cheong-joon has an unique way to identify ‘The Faith’. The term ‘The Faith’ emerge intensively in “Your Paradise”, “Let's write an autobiography”, “The Gate of Freedom”, it revealed the author’s perspective as well. In “YourParadise”, it shows the will of Colonel Cho Byeong-heon, who was in charged of a hospital director in Sorokdo, he was responsible to make the hospital as a paradise. In “Let's write an autobiography”, Professor Choi Sang-yun, who was having suspicion in his faith, puritanical rigidity. In “The Gate of Freedom”, it shows the image of "faith" as a disciplinarian, who was a religious scholar that performed murder in order to strictly observe the absolute line of religion. In the case of Cho Baek-heon, if he was a faith that has been thoroughly prepared and embodied in advance, Prof. Choi Sang-yun could be said to be an intended belief in trusting the result he had achieved and conveying it to the future generations. On the other hand, it could be said that it was a belief that had been steeped for a short time. There was a point of view of the verification of the characters whom was with these beliefs. In “Your Paradise”, the verification of the characters is the director of public health Lee Sang-Wook and Hwang Hee-Baek is elder; in “Let's write an autobiography” is Yoon Ji-Wook; in “The Gate of Freedom”is Joo Yeong-Sup. These character changed the Faith “Your Paradise”, whom was trying to stop himself from doing his best so that can no longer spread hypocritical faith. In “Let's write an autobiography”, it also showed the possibility of changing the faith “The Gate of Freedom” The artist is cautioned that 'religion', 'slogan', and 'belief' had become sympathisers in various works. At the moment of mutualism, it is a violence which suppresses the man. Therefore, we must go through the process of constant verification. In this sensation, belief and verification are complementary. The antagonistic relationship between 'belief' and 'verification', which is the subject of this study, is still a meaningful object in the discussion today. Although the texts created in the seventies and eighties are aimed at, the subject consciousness of this study is not limited to a certain period, it is because it fosters an eye to see the fiction and society of this age.