2020, Vol., No.76

Journal of Humanities 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.6

pISSN : 1598-8457 / eISSN : 2508-4550
https://journal.kci.go.kr/inmun

The efforts for the purification of the Korean language have been made through new attempts and methodological reflection on the subject language, the way it is purified, and the refined words In addition, a new alternative can be proposed to maximize “publicity” from a new perspective on purifying the Korean language. Focusing on the capability of purifying the Korean language in the use of language in the public domain means that discussions on areas where pure language is used will take place in earnest following the preparation for the possible alternatives to the subject, the method of purifying language, and the refined words. Language in the public sector can be evaluated as an environment that can realize the legitimacy and effectiveness of Korean language purification. The goal of purification to realize an easy and highly communicative language ensures the legitimacy of the purification of the Korean language and the clearness of producers and beneficiaries enhances the effectiveness of the purification efforts. Preemptive application of the standard of purifying the Korean language in proposing public language can be expected to dramatically increase the probability that the purified language will be distributed and settled.

Faust is not only a work that predicted the future in the period of Goethe but also is a confession of part of the author’s own life. Goethe began writing the novel in his youth when he was in his twenties and the broad experience of his author amalgamated into it, thus making it a much more convincing and wonderful work. The work was completed a year before Goethe’s death and it reflected the life of a modern man. Goethe himself was a man who was constantly trying to be a Faustian. He devoted himself to writing throughout his life, and in particular Faust, which he wrote until his death in 1832. Faust is at odds with his own inner malice and pursues instinctive desires. His sexual appetite ultimately leads to the destruction of an innocent girl and her family. In Faust, Goethe shows how the self-esteem and the desires of a man bring about the inevitable consequences when they are not based on self-retrospection. The modern man focuses on the progress of civilization but does not think about how the result affects the individual and humanity. Goethe warns us of the possibility that the realization of human desires — when devoid of self-examination — would someday destroy people’s lives and even humanity.

The view on history exposed by the author of the Slovo o Polku Igoreve can be seen as a repetitive one, presenting the current reality as a reproduction of a past reality’s variation. In the same way as the historical facts that are repeated over and over again were seen as the negative elements which brought about a crisis to the contemporary Rus’, overcoming the crisis ― if analyzed through the prism of naturally putting old history to rest and of comparing the ‘old’ with the ‘new’ age ― can be further thought as a question of a ‘difference’ from the past, or the ‘innovation’ of the period. The attitude of catching up with the factual meaning of history thoroughly following the cause-and-effect relationship and a strict sense of historical inquiry of the Slovo’s author, who attempts to find a solution to the disorder of the present by delving into the chaos of the past, among many others, demonstrate an aspect different from that of the traditional ideas of the contemporary scribes. Based on such an innovative perception of history, the author reveals his inclination toward a ‘new’ history, different from the chaos-ridden old history. As a part of his understanding of the world, his historical view does not end here but rather moves on to traverse the depths of the ‘new poetics’, which has grown enough to reflect the new age.