신동엽의 『금강』에 나타난 자연 표상과 아나키즘

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to focus on relations with the sky and the ground and humans which are the central features of the representation in the long poem, “Geum river” written by Dongyup Shin, and prove that it is a reflection of his artistic acumen with creativity which is mixed with Donghak ideology and anarchism. The results can be summarized as follows. First, the main story in Dongyup Shin’s poem, “Geum river” is supported by the representations of two natural objects which have opposite features. The sky means the ideal features of nature, while the representation related to the ground signifies the tragic reality. However, the meaning of the representation of nature is reproduced when it meets a human being as the historical subject. Second, acts and emotions of human beings shown in the historical process of Donghak Peasant Revolution are dramatically sublimated from various arrangements of the representation of the sky and the ground. In this process, the representation of the sky advances on the world of the totality, and the representation related to the ground dynamically describes the world of conflict and harmony. Third, a surface narrative in “Geum river” follows the historical event, Donghak Peasant Revolution but what constructs the inside of it does not merely stop at a reflection of Donghak ideology and is connected with recognition of the world which is expanded depending on writer’s will. what played an important role in this process is a reflection of anarchism.