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Hyun Jin-geon's Novel and Anthropology on Oath

  • Chunwon Research journal
  • Abbr : Chunwon Research journal
  • 2019, (15), pp.259-284
  • DOI : 10.31809/crj.2019.08.15.259
  • Publisher : Chunwon Research Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature > Korean Literature
  • Received : June 30, 2019
  • Accepted : August 10, 2019
  • Published : August 31, 2019

SEOK, HYEONG RAK 1

1아주대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper reviews Hyun Jin-geon's novel in the view on oath. Hyun Jin-geon has used the oath continuously from the beginning of his work as the perspective to discover the hidden truths and the principle of setting characters or developing events. In his novel, the unethical situation in which the oath is not kept is divided into the decline and the decadence of the oath. And the decadence of the oath is divided into the false oath and the double oath. The decline of the oath serves as a function of presenting the crisis, and the decadence of the oath serves as an opportunity for the fall of an unethical character. He tried to find ways to overcome the crisis by presenting an example of ethical human beings who wanted to match the oath with oneself. Hyun Jin-geon explored the swearing man from the his early short stories, looked at the negative reality that made the oath impossible, and criticized the decline and decadence of the oath. He also gave the oath a new meaning of negation about old ideas. He designs an ethical human who will deny oppressive reality and save the corruptive oath in his novel 『The Equator』. He comprehensively searches for human beings who swear through Seok-ho, a character who swears, Myeong-hwa, who asks, Yeong-ae, who vouchs and Yeo-hae, who sacrifices. In particular, Yeo-hae is a character who is sensitive to the performativity of language. He changes to a subject who tries to match with the language he reads. This subject is an ethical human designed by Hyun Jin-geon.

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