Chang Seob Eom. 1997. Language and Literatur - based on Christian literature - Collected Papers on Christian Language Culture. In the Middle Ages which is named by the Dark Ages, Western Christian culture and tradition was firmly established. So, from...
Chang Seob Eom. 1997. Language and Literatur - based on Christian literature - Collected Papers on Christian Language Culture. In the Middle Ages which is named by the Dark Ages, Western Christian culture and tradition was firmly established. So, from
Middle Ages to Rennsaissance, there is no need to build up the concept of Christian literature, because Christianity has been dominated all the curtual circumstance. But when Renaissance began, the movement of humanism came to the fore. The conflict between Christian faith and secular culture was deepened much more. Accordingly, new current of literature appeared quite different from Middle age's literature which served religious purpose. About 17 centuries, 'Christian humanism' movement raised. Since that time, the concept of Chistian literature, which was distinguished by secular literature, has been established. Eventually, we arrived the era that made a distinction between pure literature as a sheer literatary purpose and Christian literature. In these days, "How can literature salvage our soul?" is a deep question that we always have to discuss. In the light of that problem, we have to investigate Christian literature, because Christian literature is commected to the problem of human soul's salvation. So, in this paper, I investigate some 'Christian litreary works' that I think important among them. Christian authors have to recognize 'the mystery of incarnation' for the principle of aesthetics. Also they have to inspect, understand and illuminate the meaning for all the thing in the world. Morever, they have to assent Christian's historical point of view deeply and variously. We will identify that this basic framework exists in common from Catholic Father's literature in romantism, 19 centuries Russian literature represented by Tolstoy and Tostoyvski, to 20 centuries Christian literature, as a full-blown Christian literature's ages. In addition, it is needless to say that aesthetical approach of Jesus Christi's incarnation and it's historical cognition is a foundation of Christian literature. On the basis of it, we will be verify the Christian lit4erature's meaning and will make sure it's value. (Kwandong University)