『신소년』의 서사 특성과 작가의 경향 분석

Abstract

This paper aimed to analyze the features and tendency of narrative literary work published in the magazine "Sinsonyeon". "Sinsonyeon" were the important magazine for Children’s literature from 1923 to 1934. The magazine was not properly examined up to now. Since the magazine was not thoroughly investigated, the entire contents of the magazine were not properly understood. Some contents were misunderstood by readers and researchers. This paper tried to clarify several issues including the poor understanding on the magazine. To this end, it is required to understand the initial direction of editing. Moreover, it is necessary to understand the authors of novel for teenagers in Korea in early times. It is also necessary to identify the contribution of the magazine "Sinsonyeon" on the formation of realistic novel for children in Korea. This paper investigated "Sinsonyeon" published from 1923 to 1934 to clarify the issues mentioned above and the tendency of authors' works. Furthermore, the features of narrative literary works were analyzed. The writers of "Sinsonyeon" in the early days had profound patriotism. Thus, they created instructive articles for the magazine. The prominent authors also published their works on "Sinsonyeon". Thus, the literary value of "Sinsonyeon" was strengthened. As a group of emerging authors participated in editing "Sinsonyeon", "Sinsonyeon" brought more works showing the proletarian tendency. This paper identified the tendencies and features specified above in detail and summarized the history of works published in the magazine by making the list of works.