가타이 문학에 나타난 자연관 고찰

Abstract

A Study on the Natural Perspectives in Katai Literature Lee, MiKyung Tayama Katai is the leading author of Japanese naturalist literature, which combined the Western naturalist theory with the influence of traditional Japanese literature and built his own literary world. In his works, nature appears as an important element closely related to human emotions and lives beyond simple backgrounds. His masterpiece, ‘The Last of the Zuemon’, is a mixture of naturalistic elements and traditional Japanese travelogues, showing an attempt to explore the relationship between nature and humans. In particular, in ‘The Rural Teacher’, nature that reflects the life and pain of the protagonist appears, suggesting his frustration and death through natural descriptions. In addition, travelogues such as ‘ManSeon HaengRak’, awe of nature and other people’s eyes on colonial Choseon are mixed and depicted. While accepting Western naturalist theories, Katai’s literature inherited the view of nature of traditional Japanese literature and formed an independent art world that expresses the fusion of nature and humans. In particular, his later works explore the view of nature in which humans and nature converge through “I and Nature-convergence” based on Buddhist ideas, and his literary world occupies an important place in the history of Japanese literature that deserves re-examination.