노동의 향유, 良心律의 회복 - 『흙』에 나타난 이상주의적 사유의 맥락과 배경 -

In this article, I examined the specific meaning of utopia orientation based on the relation between Lee Kwang Soo's experience and the history of reading which affected the birth of Soil. It was confirmed that the theme of the relation between the enjoyment of creative labor and human happiness, the criticism of the actual law and the desire for the ideal space based on the conscience, This theme is based on the artist's experience of Yongdong Model Village and Tolstoy's and Wells' reading. Lee Kwang Soo basically tried to portray swordsmanship based on consciousness of contemporary rural issues such as conflict between landlord and tenant and exploitation, detention by the Japanese colonial rule such as financial union. At the same time, it suggests the recovery of the sense of productivity in labor as a way to solve this problem, and the restoration of the conscience of the human individual who can deny the actual law justifying the system of detention. Of course, the effect that these topics have on resolving the contradictions of the present is very minor, and the ideals remain the limit. However, the fact that Lee Kwang Soo can confirm the reference point that influenced the creation of a novel through the experience and reading from the 1910s, and the ability to reconstruct the development process of the artist consciousness over a long period of time is meaningful.