『당신들의 천국』에 나타난 서사 구조의 신화 원형

Abstract

Epic literature has continued from narrative literature (myth-legendfolktale) to ancient novel and modern novel, according to the (historical) changes of real world. Moreover, according to the change of communication media from the verbal language to the letter, the view of the world and the technique of description were changed. Hence it is meaningful to observe the process from narrative recognition that believes in 'the divine view of the world' to the novel based on 'the individual view of the world.' Differentiated existed other discussions on Your Heaven, this thesis found that 'the heroic searching process', or the heroic narrative was immanent in the narrative structure and motif of this novel, and studied the validity. The methods of study are first, to select mythologies containing the similar motifs and narrative structures to its text and to abstract a comparative model, and second, to apply a scheme of research on heroes to each narrative and to examine its validity and feasibility, and then third, to compare the points of sameness and differences with heroic narratives immanent in its text. Finally I inferred the transformational process from a mythical hero to a modern hero. Among selected 5 mythologies that can be a prototype of this novel, theparts which this thesis pays attention to are 'Ha Sijo Wu' and 'Moses' Exodus', that show the common motif, 'Treating Water'. The reason why other mythologies were excluded are first, The Tale of the Tower of Babel cannot satisfy basic constituent elements because there is no human character, despite of common motif, a huge field of construction work. Second, Sisyphus is similar to a land reclamation project of Your Heaven in terms of the ceaselessly repeated same doings, however, it is considered insufficient to be a prototype of modern novel because psychological conflict of Sisyphus as human was omitted. In the position of heroic models who lead crowds and make their way through hardships, Odysseus, Moses and Cho Baek Hun are regarded as the same types of figures. On the one hand in the part of inner conflict about outer pressure, Moses in agony as mediator or coordinator between God and human is similar as Cho Baek Hun, but on the other hand, Odysseus stands out as leader, omitted his organization's inner conflict. Therefore this thesis located 'Ha Sijo Wu' in the first position of prototype epic. Next, in the case of 'Moses' Exodus', it has something in common with Wu's story in terms of God's help and hero's support, meanwhile, there are relationship between God and human, and control structure and conflict between human vs. human that is never appeared in Wu's story. In other words, it is a national foundation mythology accomplished by both God and human and contains a little more modern concept such as the laws and contracts. Therefore it seems the middle stage that mythology becomes novel. At the conclusion, Cho Baek Hun in Your Heaven, that describes one ordinary human who passes through disappointment and frustration in the process of his own goal's achievement, shows the modern hero. Therefore two kinds of narrative structure and motif can be a prototype model of narrative consisting of Your Heaven.