강소천 발굴 동요와 문학적 의미

Abstract

This study examined and introduced 15 children’s songs written by Kang, So-cheon which have been excluded from discussion in terms of literary researches on Kang, So-cheon’s works in order to explain their literary viewpoints. The children’s songs were classified into two types and their literary significance are as follows. First, among the newly examined songs, early works of Kang, So-cheon described natural objects and reality of the period in a realistic manner based on sophisticated observation. Those works are notable with great reality by being created with keen sense of observation and it is verified that the level of his early works is also superior. It is significant from the literary viewpoint since it proved that level of Kang, So-cheon’s early works was not low. Second, the newly examined songs covered interesting contents based on unique imagination in a question-and-answer form, which is one of the characteristics of Kang, So-cheon’s children’s songs. Especially, it is significant from the literary perspective since it proved that his works with question-and-answer forms include interesting contents based on original imagination. Therefore, this study is significant since it is the first study introducing the newly examined studies to the academic world, reveals the characteristics of Kang, So-cheon’s works by each period and identified its literary significance. Key words: Kang, So-cheon, newly examined children’s songs, observation, imagination, realistic, originality