The Significance Of Salvation In Kim Dongli’s Novels

As one of the belletristic representatives, Kim Dongli is second to none in the history of Korean modern literature. Rooted in the Korean local culture, h is works explore such questions as God and people, life and death as well as religion and reality etc, which help his novel form the unique characteristics.By means of analyzing several typical novels written by Kim Dongli, The main theme in his creation, the significance of salvation, is illustrated in the t hesis on the following two aspects.a) In the ways of salvation, Kim Dongli discusses the distance between G od and human beings in such his works as "Saban’s cross"etc, which can be s hown specifically in the images of’crucifix’, and’painted screen’etc., while h is other works, such as "Deungsinbul" etc., express the bloody struggle against the fatal bondages, which can be figured out totally in the images of’bird’a nd’fire’etc.; moreover, such works as "Munyeodo" etc. attempt to explore the real access to salvation by describing the conflict between Christianity and the fork witches, which can be displayed in the images of’shadow’and’knife’e tc.b) On the possibilities of salvation, Kim Dongli adopts the traditional and modern oriental cultural thinking. Such works as "Saban’s cross","Deungsinbu1" and "Munyeodo" etc. reflect his dedicated pursuit of Korean traditional relig ion, aiming at realizing his final goal of salvation. What’s more, Kim Dongli observes the nature with the typical oriental viewpoint, thus the basic theme of his works is fate. To be exact, he wants to explore a new way out for the u ncontrollable fate in literature. By insisting on humanism in the third, Kim Do ngli focuses on the harmony between nature and human being, aiming at explo ring a new way out for the whole North Korean nation in the colonies.