『난장이가 쏘아올린 작은 공』에 나타난 사실과 당위의 관계 연구

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the relationship of fact and ought in Cho Se-hui's a little ball launched by a dwarf. This novel is characterized by non-realistic style describing realistic stories about Korea's labor conditions in 1970's and therefore provides the possibility of interpretations in may ways. Two questions are significant for comprehending this novel, that is "Who is clean and who is dirty?" and "Who ought to wash?" These questions are connected with establishing the relationship of fact and ought. We must take fact and ought into consideration simultaneously and then may reach the true ethical goal. The mathematics and science that became known to deal with objective facts are characterized by making proof of the justness of reality in this novel and the importance of education that corrects ideological misrecognitions is emphasized, too. But the ethics are not automatically drawn from proper recognition about facts. The recognition about facts serves the vindication of reality or results in skepticism of the ethics. The important meaning of this novel is not only what does the ethics say but also how are they possible. The contents of the ethics are variable according to the change of facts, however the ethics are possible without abandoning a pursuit for themselves.