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The secularization of the rural village and power-oriented human being reproduced by Like a cherry on a pomegranate tree

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2023, (69), pp.209-236
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2023..69.008
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Received : July 10, 2023
  • Accepted : August 20, 2023
  • Published : August 31, 2023

Bong-Yeon Kim 1

1숭실대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article is to examine the aspects of secularization that Like a cherry on a pomegranate tree and the appearance of power in the human interior that the work is portraying. Secularization means "the loss of sacred emotions" as a strategy to break down the fixed images and symbols of rural areas and awaken the sense of reality. It awakens the sense of reality by returning to humans what was separated from humans due to "sacred emotions," and makes them closer to the real world by reusing them. As a result, rural village is not a "symbol of -" in this novel, but a "real" space of politics, economy, and culture. What happens in this is also filled with extremely realistic aspects of profit-seeking. Therefore, the focus of this novel is on the changing aspect of China, which accepted the market economy system and the more power-oriented human figure than the space of the village. Mungpanhwa(孟繁華) and KongXiaohong(孔小紅), which deviate from the typicality of "local women," are the two pillars that make up the secularization of "Pomegranate Tree." As a leader who is good at conspiracy, the work focuses on the stories and desires of these two people. The two are the same in terms of well-trained politicians and experienced planners, but the content of the power exercise, which differs from each other, makes a distinction between the two. The Planned Growth Policy embodies this. Engraving is used as a means to gain the upper hand in one's political position and power without questioning the legitimacy of the planned growth policy itself. In this process, the forceful and authoritatively exercised power does not reach each person's mind and causes antipathy and hostile feelings. On the other hand, the power exercised according to each situation and situation makes Xiaohong the chief. However, when recalling the human nature of finding a replacement who can hold a strand toward pursuing profit and desire and maintain it for himself, Xiaohong also becomes a replaceable person whenever people's desires and interests change. This is because the pursuit of desire and profit is nothing more than an infinite process of self-growth that does not end up as an improvised or one-off event.

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