죄와 벌의 형이상학과 회개의 가능성:도스또예프스키의 『죄와 벌』을 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the meaning of crime and punishment and the motive of repentance as portrayed in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and to discuss their implications for the correctional humanities. Since the meaning of crime and punishment found in this novel has more diverse dimensions unlike today’s legal or crime ones, it especially concentrates on the fundamental essence of crime and punishment. The contents of this study are as follows. First, it summarizes the factors affecting Raskolinikov’s murder of the old lady. Second, it analyzes the process of punishment and what were the main causes leading to his repentance. Third, it discusses the correctional humanistic implications of crime and punishment and the process of repentance. The conclusions of this study are as follows: First, the factors affecting Raskolnikov's crime were liberalism, the experience of life in exile, and “superman” philosophy. Second, the punishments imposed on the main character were exil and mental suffering associated with limited freedom, and the cause of repentance was the unconditional love of Sonya. Third, the fundamental causes of crime are contradictions and limits of human nature, and the necessary conditions of repentance are critical reflections on life and world, the efforts to establish a consciousness of one’s self, and the restoration of sensibility.