심훈 문학과 영웅적 인물상

Abstract

Most of the works written by Shim Hoon(심훈, 沈勳) are closely related to his life. His works show his participation in the March 1st Movement(3·1운동), as well as his experience in studying in China and his activities after returning from China. The characters of Shim Hoon's work are also reminiscent of the people he had been associated with, indicating that his literary creation was influenced by his experiences and people around him. In the process of creating a real person into characters in the works, such as poems and novels, Shim Hoon pursued a hero character. A hero is a person who is superior to the ordinary people, who makes a contribution and is respected for the community. Shim Hoon recreated the people who gave up everything and fought for country into heroes in his work. However, the heroes in his works did not overcome hardships or win victories. In Shim Hoon’s poem, the characters fought for the independence of his country, but ended up frustrated by Japan. Shim Hoon described them as tragic heroes. In his novels, not only male character but also female character are heroes. In the novels, female character were also educated and changed herself. After all she revealed her heroic side. And male and female characters united and fought against Japan. Shim Hoon probably chose the hero character because of the Japanese colonial period. And since he once studied film, he probably used the hero character and the dramatic interest of the hero stories. On the basis of these results, Shim Hoon was able to arouse readers' sympathy by using real-life characters when he created his work. And here was the significance of Shim Hoon recreated a real person as a hero.