손창섭 소설 『길』에 드러난 작가의식

A Study of the Author's Consciousness in Chang-Sup Sohn's Novel Kil ‘Road’

This paper aims to analyze the aspects of psychological variables reflected from the author's biographical effects and the changing process of the author's consciousness in the literary work. The results of theanalysis of the author's consciousness are as follows： The aspects of the author's consciousness are classified into two types. The first one is the aspect of conflict with which the protagonist Sung-Chil is faced when he embarked on his new life in Seoul after he left his hometown. This conflict starts from his success he was planning to achieve when he left his hometown. Such a success is expected to be achieved after he made a huge amount of money. To achieve a goal, Sung-Chil did many things as an employee of Jin-Sung Inn and Ja-Sung Mechanics, as a shoe-shining boy, or as a loan broker. Such a hardship and maladaptation result from his poor preparedness for his life. Second, while in Seoul, his sense of value conflicts with his previous one of value. At the same time, a kind of mammonism, that is, he is too attached to money, can be found. The conflict of the sense of value which Sung-Chil undergoes is rooted not only in his cultural behavior of Confusianism, but also in the gap between the traditional value and the value of modern capitalism. Sung-Chil's money-oriented behavior is attributed to the trend of the times when he lives：rapid development of economy, transition to industrialism, expansion of urban culture, change of the social structure, etc.