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A study of Chunwon and Lu Xun's early religious views -Centered on the role of male intellectuals in ‘Mujeong’, ‘Jaesaeng’, ‘shouts’ and ‘Wandering’
Chunwon Research journal
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Chunwon Research journal
2020, (17), pp.83-103
Publisher : Chunwon Research Society
Research Area : Korean Literature
2020, (17), pp.83-103
Publisher : Chunwon Research Society
Research Area : Korean Literature
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This paper takes the role of male intellectuals in Chunwon and Lu Xun's early novels as the research object to investigate their religious views at that time. Park Jinsa in ‘Mujeong’is a feudal aristocrat we can see that Chunwon shows negative consciousness to the ‘patriarchal system’ of Confucianism. But he had a positive attitude to the ‘nationalism ’thought of Donghak and the ‘fraternity’ spirit of Christianity. KIM Jangro always the representative of the new nobility , Chunwon criticizes the hypocrisy of Korean Christian through this character. Sin Bonggu in‘Jaesaeng’began to pursue the Christian thought of ‘forgiveness’. It can be seen from this character that Chunwon 's religious thought in 1920s was a mixed religious view based on Christian spirit, Tolstoy's philanthropic spirit and nationalistic spirit. In‘shouts’, Lu Xun satirized the feudal Confucianism through "Kong Yiji". As a representative of the new intellectuals, Xia Yu has the characteristics of a savior like Jesus. It can be seen from Xia Yu that Lu Xun had a positive attitude towards ‘equality’and ‘self sacrifice’of Christianity. In ‘Wandering’, Wei Lianshu began to ‘revenge’ after being betrayed by the people around him., Through this character, we can see that Lu Xun has a negative view on Christian forgiveness and a positive attitude on Buddhist punishment. Both Chunwon and Lu Xun opposed the feudal ethics and patriarchal system, and both actively accepted the spirit of ‘fraternity’ in Christian thought, but Lu Xun held a negative attitude towards the thought of ‘forgiveness’ praised by Chunwon .
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