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Ideality of Choi In-hun's Literature -Based on His Literary Essays

  • Korean Language & Literature
  • 2011, (78), pp.391-415
  • Publisher : Korean Language & Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Bae Jiyeon 1

1경북대학교

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ABSTRACT

The novels of Choi In-hun, a modern Korean novelist, have been recognized as ideal and abstract by Korean literary world, and potential implications of ideality on his novels have been also pointed out by Korean literary world. However, it is estimated that existing studies fixed on the ideality of Choi's novels are not yet finished, so this study attempted to take a fundamental approach to the ideality of his novels. The purpose of this study was to examine Choi's literary essays with which he has suggested his own comments on literary, so that it could analyze ideality of his literature. As a result, it was found that ideality, various experimental techniques and political implications of Choi's novels have been based on his ideational system in form of dual structure. Dual structure, i.e. custom and method works on idea, language and politics respectively and implements his novels in multi-layered forms. As for Choi, a language is not recognized as any object but recognized as an idea textured with the original thinking type and sentiment of a community. Like idea, language can be also explained in dual structure. The formal experiments of Choi's novels are the result of explorations into a balance between custom and method, and the abstract techniques of his novels come to have a reality as a part of abstraction. Those experiments and techniques are in the same context with experimental spirit of Choi, a novelist who argues for real change based on method. Moreover, politics is considered a customary aspect of idea (reality or fictional content), and is also variably combined with method (fictional forms) to keep custom and method in a state of balance. Thus, it is concluded that characteristics of Choi's novels containing any politics or political implications in non-realistic method come from this dual structure.

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