1910년대 양건식의 단편소설연구

Abstract

<Yang, Gun Sik>'s novels written in 1910s are rarely known among readers. Probably the reason is that mostly his novels were published in Buddhist magazine not magazines which are popular or papers. Yang's works were much different from other author's works in plot and technique. The characters in his novels are mostly intellectual, and he did it intentionally. At the moment in 1910s, it was widely known that Korea was colony of Japan, so the fact that the characters in Yang's novels are intellectual has very close connection to social state. In deed, he dealt with the appearance, developing condition and thoughts of the intellectual in the novels. Yang criticized the intellectual in his time through the description of the characters and was trying to figure out the direction the intellectual should go to solve contradictions in Korean society. In terms of technique of Yang's writhing, his novels had individualities not only in the description of the characters but also in the aspect of narration compared to new trend novels. he made the characters and the state give shape in detail using some source not lengthy detail. Yang seemed to take a omniscient point of view on the plot of his novels, at the same time he also took objective point of view. In addition, he used the way the main character <I> was leading the stories so made the readers aware what intellectual had to do as he expressed internal contradiction of the intellectual and social contradiction dialetically. Yang's novel had a harmony of unique plot and technique which other authors' works did not have in 1910s. It explains that Yang clearly recognized that the intellectual could make the society come over the contradiction, and he also understood the techniques in writing of modern age in Korea.