『고요한 돈江』에 나타난 숄로호프의 역사관

Abstract

A Historical Viewpoint of Sholoxov in Quiet Don River Moon, Seok-Woo Quiet Don River is novel with rural, not urban, settings, dealing with civil war and the problems of life of those of the bloodline. Analysis showed that they are as follows. Apathy and transcendence to a number of battles and death in an extreme situation attract attention among the main character. The character' personality is contrasted in novel. Grigory have a careful personality, strong comradeship, and have an immoral, weakly faithful, but strenuous life force, whereas Koshevoy shows such common characteristics as cruelty, inhumanity, and heartlessness. Human beings have different individual opinions, so they think it is right to live by their own ability or to live, work, and eat equally. But, it is not a matter of whether or not it is right, but a matter of choice. Brothers and friends stand face to face due to support of Socialism and come into intense conflict at the crossroads of life and death. Most important is not what ideology people or groups follow, but warm humanity. Sholoxov's creation shows that he understands popularity, pathos of humanism, confidence in people's morality, and difficulty in overcoming morality when people face only their conscience alone, surrounded with enemies. And writer makes us think of human problem with which the whole human as well as Russian is faced through Cossack's destiny. Sholoxov is continuously concerned about human problem, showing how human beings can become cruel according to ideology or faith, how they lose humanity by themselves, how they keep humanity and humanism even under extremely run-down situations caused by conflict and antagonism, and how important they are as the equal people regardless of ideology. Quiet Don River is concluded with open space without impelling readers to draw conclusions about locals' hope in a war-devastated area or ideology.