MORAL DICHOTOMY IN THE CHARACTEROLOGY OF THE NOVEL BY JEONG YOU-JEONG “SEVEN YEARS OF DARKNESS”

Abstract

Interest to the problem of a person and its character depiction in literature has always been and remains high. The article develops the topic of personality characterology studies in the aspect of moral dichotomy in the novel "Seven Years of Darkness" by the modern South Korean writer Jeong You-jeong. The wide popularity of the novel and its film adaptation (dir. Chhu Changmin, 2018) proves the relevance of the presented topic. The analysis states that it was more important for the author of the novel not to identify immoral acts of people and give them an unambiguous assessment, but to point out the multidimensional nature of the personality, to show the complexity and ambiguity of human actions in the context of Korean culture.