선(善)과 신(神) 사이에서: 아이리스 머독의 소설에 나타난 (탈)종교적 비전 ― 『천사들의 시대』를 중심으로 ― = Between Good and God: The (Post)Religious Vision in Iris Murdoch’s Novel -With Reference to The Time of the Angels-

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Philosopher and novelist, Iris Murdoch in her writings offers a unique opportunity to delve into the mysterious world of the writer’s artistic and philosophical imagination. Murdoch started her career as a young practitioner of Sartrean existential philosophy, then moving toward her own brand of moral philosophy that embraced the main tenets of Platonian ethics. Also, in the meantime she began to write a series of novels on the basis of her moral philosophy. Among others, both religion and morality are her major concerns in her philosophy as well as her novels. Her idea of theology for the modern world is specifically labeled as ‘Godless theology’ which is an output of her strenuous efforts to demythologize traditional Christian theology. This study aims at investigating her (post)religious vision in her novels, concentrating on her novel The Time of the Angels. Also, this study tries to identify whether there are parallel arguments in her novels and philosophy in terms of religion and morality. By doing so, this study hopes to find out Murdoch’s revolutionary aspects as well as her shortcomings. (The Catholic University of Korea)

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