Religion and Literature - With reference to the soteriological meaning of Storytelling in Elie Wiesel's works -

Evil and suffering are universal human experiences and responses to evil and suffering have varied with different philosophies, literary works and religions. Among these, literary attempts often provide a powerful and profound grasp of the reality of suffering and evil. The purpose of this paper is to reveal the possibility of studying "religion and literature" with reference to the soteriological meaning of Storytelling in Elie Wiesel rather than to analyze his literary works themselves. And the goal of "religion and literature" prepared for this purpose to analyze the religious perspective in literary works. For the goal mentioned above, this paper will adopt the method which explores the inner relations between religion and literature in the concrete materials in which they occur