김요섭 단편동화의 양상과 특질 연구

Abstract

Kim Yo-seop is a poet and writer of children's stories. He, who recognized children's stories as a literary art, attempted various experiments to create stories which have artistic nature while meeting their literary qualities. He developed his own literary style in children's stories beyond the realm of art. Therefore, this study identified the aspects and qualities of his short children's stories, targeting his stories with excellence as an art. The aspects of his short children's stories are categorized into three according to historical backgrounds and literary trends: First, the stories which were written before the Korean War, describe the world of longings. Second, those which were written after the Korean War, describe depression and despair of the society. Third, those which were written after 1968 are fantastic stories to overcome despair. The qualities of Kim Yo-seop's short fairy tales can be categorized into four: First, he combined archetypal images with subjects for children's literature; Second, he dealt with human nature while seeking for poetic fantasy along with awareness on reality and history. Third, he continuously tried to realize his intention to overcome depressed reality due to the war ; and fourth, he introduced poetic sentences, various images, repetition, and distinctive plots to establish literary qualities of children's stories. As above, such aspects and qualities of his children's stories reconfirmed his status as a writer in the history of Korean children's stories.