김동리 역사소설의 여신성(與神性) 연구

Abstract

Kim Dong-li’s conception ‘Yeosin-seong’ means divinity. It is a tendency to make characters pure and divine existence. The first Divine character in his works was Mo-hwa in Munyeodo, which suggests that shamanism is a starting point to realize ‘Yesin-seong’. According to Kim Dong-li, modern Korean shamans are originated from ‘Hwarang’ of Silla dynasty, and the essence of ‘Hwarang’ is regarded as a leader in ritual ceremony. He thought Hwarangdo pursued not ‘Pung-ryu’(taste for the arts, his big brother Beom-boo’s concept.) but ritual ceremony and religious belief. The belief exists toward the god of heaven. Kim Dong-li had already made an important reference about Dangun in his early novel Solgeo. He also referred to ‘Geom-nim’, ‘Hanbanim’, ‘Barg-geom’ which associates Dangun, lighting up religious tradition of Silla through Seok Tal-hae(historical novel published in 1950s). He showed how traditional faith of Silla has been got mixed due to the inflow of Buddhism and has fallen to a political instrument through the series of Jinheung the Great which was published in a similar period of time with Seok Tal-hae. Madam Suro suggests that there is a stark difference between historical fact about religious combination(traditional faith and Buddhism) and Kim Dong-li’s ideal which had been existed as a pure religious belief. Finally his conception ‘Yesin-seong’ recalls Korean sourceful memory which had been coexisted pure with god of heaven called Hwan-in without other political purposes or alien religions. It makes the origin of Hwarang go back to the age of Dangun.