「호외시대」 재론(再論) - 『매일신보』 신문연재소설로서의 특성을 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine Ho-oe Sidae, the onlyfull-length novel written by Seohae Choe, with focus on its characteristicsas a serial novel of the newspaper Maeil Sinbo. Thus, this paper is characteristicin that it tries to take a look at the background of the creation ofHo-oe Sidae and the core elements of its narrative unfolding in terms ofthe media arrangement and strategies of Maeil Sinbo. As such, it is differentfrom existing studies that have evaluated its value in terms of literaryhistory. Ho-oe Sidae, published as a serial novel owing to the newspaper’s strategyof the independent characterization of the art and science page, is takenas a case that allows us to specifically clarify the characteristics ofnewspaper serial novels in the 1930s. Though he was aware of censorship,Choe tried to carry out his own counter-strategy in terms of the work, andreflected on communication with popular readers in various ways throughthe work. We can also observe that various narrative devices and descriptive techniques were used to attract readers’ interest. Above all, this study is an attempt to reconsider the negative recognitionof the bulletin for the Japanese Government-General of Korea,Maeil Sinbo or of newspaper serial novels, and more specifically clarifythe characteristics of Ho-oe Sidae as a newspaper serial novel.