일제강점기 금산지역 청년운동의 양상과 성격

Abstract

The youth movement in the Geumsan area during the Japanese colonial period began with the formation of the Geumsan Youth Association in 1920. Like other regions, this organization was centered on local influential person such as landlords, capitalists, and merchants, and young people were only a part of its members. The Geumsan Youth Association worked hard on self-awareness and cultivation, knowledge development and virtue cultivation, and carried out competency training in the fields of education and industry. This activity was a cultural movement of a non-political nature that aimed for the civilization and modernization of Joseon. In the mid-1920s, the Geumsan Youth Association changed into a youth-oriented organization as local young intellectuals and sympathetic young people either accepted socialism while studying abroad or returned to their home countries. Subsequently, a new youth group was formed in name and reality, and a youth group that advocated class liberation and status liberation was also formed. The youth changed the system to restrict the age of members and strengthen democratic management in accordance with the youth organization. Youth groups have been active in various ways to disseminate modern knowledge and ideas, including the mission and role of youth, eradication of illiteracy, eradication of feudalism, and socialism. The youth movement in the late 1920s responded to the change in the line of the socialism movement and shifted to the direction of convergence of movement capabilities, unified guidance, and unity with nationalist forces. To this end, the existing youth group was disbanded and the Geumsan Youth League was formed. The Youth League carried out activities to defend the rights and interests of young people and to support social movements in vulnerable sectors. In addition, efforts were made to respond to national issues and form a Shinganhoe branch as a part of the national cooperative front. The youth movement continued until the early 1930s. The youth movement in Geumsan during the Japanese colonial period coincided with the national youth movement in the first half of the 1920s, and after the mid-1920s, it largely coincided with the direction of the youth movement led by the socialist forces. However, in terms of the degree of organization and movement of youth groups, they were low and weak compared to other regions.