아소린에 있어서 유토피아적인 자연 - 『의지』를 중심으로

Abstract

Azorín is a representative intellectual who assumed the role of analyzing the miserable reality of Spain and tried to improve it with his severe criticism. To overcome lethargy and depression prevailed all over the nation, he argued the Europeanization of Spain which led Spain to enter the industrial society characterized by reason and rapidity. Still, the desire needs of curing the souls and finding real self were there. In La Voluntad, he attempted to resolve the contradictions from an angle of revolutionary anarchist and he suggested return to the nature as a solution of the problems of the era. In this respect, his argument goes along with that of Rousseau who claimed that humankind is good by nature. It is Azorin's view that the romance and the lively society can be found in nature which recovers the lost innocence, comforts loneliness of marginalized souls, and enables the new way of life so that people reconcile with each other and live in harmony. In his opinion, the nature helps to emerge from one's destined spiritual isolation, to find oneself in it and to get out of the repressive structure full of oppression and exploitation. Living in a nature means living in a fair and equal society and it lasts forever. Only after realizing the fact it possible to escape from the passion for worldly comfort and distinction. Crying out for the eternal restoration of the innocence is both seeking a new value wanting to get away from a feeling of helplessness and rising in rebellion in the history of Spanish literature and philosophy.