1930년대 아동문예지『동화』에 구현된 아동서사의 특징 -동화와 아동소설을 중심으로-

Abstract

The 1930s was very gloomy period to Korea in the arena of the struggle among the world powers. Korea was occupied by the Japanese Imperialism and the Great Depression, the Manchurian Incident and the Sino-Japanese War were making Korea unsettled ceaselessly. Those situations had influences on the children’s literary world of Korea at that time. After the children’s journal, 『Eo-rin-i』, 『Shin-so-nyun』, 『Byul-na-ra』 ceased to publish in 1936,『Dong-hwa』 played a role as a bridge until 『So-nyun』was issued in 1937. But an advanced study of 『Dong-hwa』 is almost nil till now. The main purpose of this paper is to examine its narrative feature closely. 『<Dong-hwa』, first of all, supplied various literary readings, especially fairy tales and novels for children. They contained much varied and interesting contents in comparison to the former journals for children. Secondly, it had excellent visual effects and sort of amusement of thinking. For example, the journal included humorous sections with relevant social criticism, cartoons, and children’s plays. Thirdly, it gave hope and encouragement to children through biographies of great and famous persons. In the end, it carried children's songs. It was of help to make the golden days of children’s songs in the 1930s. The journal,『Dong-hwa』left significant marks in the modern children’s literature history in Korea in the point of evoking the importance of narrative feature for children. Also the narrative feature of 『Dong-hwa』 put emphasis not on the importance of personal sacrifice but on that of personal life and thought, unlike proletarian literature de nos jours. The journal’s psychological description of its main characters was greatly outstanding. We can tell the real situation of children’s literary world in the mid of 1930s and the stream of children’s narration through the transitional journal, 『Dong-hwa』.