현대소설에 나타난 종말론 소고 - 정 찬의 「종이날개」, 조성기의 「거대한 망상」, 이승우의 「그의 광야」를 중심으로 (A Study on the Eschatology Expressed in Korean Modern Novels - Focusing on the novel, 「Paper Wing」written by Jung, Chan, 「Great Delusion」written by Cho, Sung- Ki, 「His Wilderness」written by Lee, Seung)

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초록

Novels reflect the times and social circumstances and various lives of the men who live life with many problems and conflicts. This paper showed how much relation between religion and society have and how it effects on human life.
The three novels as「Paper Wing」,「Great Delusion」and「His Wilderness」deal with eschatology as a subject matter, especially the great event of October 28 in the year of 1992 in Korea. Generally speaking, christians have an apocalyptic view of history. Some pseudo christians, however, insisted that the end of the era come on a special day. Time-limited eschatology insisted by pseudo christians made many social problems in our society. Finally their conviction was exposed as a false belief. Nevertheless, the harmful effects continue, and some people still indulge in pseudo group.
The reason why time-limited eschatology prevailed throughout Korean society is that we have special religious background. Above all, we Koreans have strong syncretism unconsciously in our religious life. In addition, the social, political, and cultural circumstances of modern society brought out various events such as human alienation, war, and big accidents in the world wide nations. So many people felt sense of loss, deprivation, which made them find a certain refuge. But pre-established churches didn't give sufficient concerns, hope and love for them. For this reason, they came to show antisocial behaviour and pursued another mystic group which has strong solidarity like a group who had strong conviction of time-limited eschatology on the 28th day of October, 1992.
The main characters of the novels became a member of pseudo christian group of eschatology, for they have suffered from severe agony in real life.
They had no hope and relationship to help them live in the world. Without helping hands of the fellows of the pseudo christian group, they would have fell into despair. But when their anticipation of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ on October, 28 was proved as a false belief, they were disappointed and some people committed suicide. Through this event, the authors want to describe the harmful effects of false belief of the men who believe in the time-limited eschatology in modern society.
The spatial backgrounds of the novels such as the subway of New York , Donghaesa (small temple of Buddhism), the wilderness of Israel are the places that both sacred human nature and earthly desire coexist in different formations. Ultimately, the three novels raise questions on the human existence and behavior. And show the things that pseudo- group insisting on time limited eschatology had systemic and religious contradiction in itself. Religion is not the method of escaping reality but a something to bring hope in the future in spite of real agony and sufferings.

영어초록

Novels reflect the times and social circumstances and various lives of the men who live life with many problems and conflicts. This paper showed how much relation between religion and society have and how it effects on human life.
The three novels as「Paper Wing」,「Great Delusion」and「His Wilderness」deal with eschatology as a subject matter, especially the great event of October 28 in the year of 1992 in Korea. Generally speaking, christians have an apocalyptic view of history. Some pseudo christians, however, insisted that the end of the era come on a special day. Time-limited eschatology insisted by pseudo christians made many social problems in our society. Finally their conviction was exposed as a false belief. Nevertheless, the harmful effects continue, and some people still indulge in pseudo group.
The reason why time-limited eschatology prevailed throughout Korean society is that we have special religious background. Above all, we Koreans have strong syncretism unconsciously in our religious life. In addition, the social, political, and cultural circumstances of modern society brought out various events such as human alienation, war, and big accidents in the world wide nations. So many people felt sense of loss, deprivation, which made them find a certain refuge. But pre-established churches didn't give sufficient concerns, hope and love for them. For this reason, they came to show antisocial behaviour and pursued another mystic group which has strong solidarity like a group who had strong conviction of time-limited eschatology on the 28th day of October, 1992.
The main characters of the novels became a member of pseudo christian group of eschatology, for they have suffered from severe agony in real life.
They had no hope and relationship to help them live in the world. Without helping hands of the fellows of the pseudo christian group, they would have fell into despair. But when their anticipation of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ on October, 28 was proved as a false belief, they were disappointed and some people committed suicide. Through this event, the authors want to describe the harmful effects of false belief of the men who believe in the time-limited eschatology in modern society.
The spatial backgrounds of the novels such as the subway of New York , Donghaesa (small temple of Buddhism), the wilderness of Israel are the places that both sacred human nature and earthly desire coexist in different formations. Ultimately, the three novels raise questions on the human existence and behavior. And show the things that pseudo- group insisting on time limited eschatology had systemic and religious contradiction in itself. Religion is not the method of escaping reality but a something to bring hope in the future in spite of real agony and sufferings.

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