윤백남 후기 희곡에 나타난 식민지 남성성 양상

Abstract

This study examine the colonial masculinity in Korean modern drama through Yun Back-Nam’s late dramas such as “Amgwi: a ghost in the dark”(1928), “A man who wants a wife”(1932), “Painter’s wife”(1933). Joseon dynasty male in the Japanese colonial era, are lacking masculinity. Such colonial male reality is reproduced through the male characters depicted in the Korean modern drama. Male characters in Yun Baek-Nam’s late dramas share two things in common. First, they are physically handicapped. Physical disability has a great negative impact on economic activities and makes it impossible for males to perform their duties at household. Therefore, this affects both financial and sexual aspects, leading to the male character weakening. Second, colonial men who are socially unable to obtain masculinity are obsessed with the existence of women in order to secure male power in the family. However, they do not possess women and reaffirm their vulnerable masculinity. In this way, the men in the Yun Baek-Nam’s late dramas are metaphorically describing the identity of the colonial male as depicted as being unable to settle down in colonial reality. This incompleteness of the masculinity and the self-reflection of the male playwriter have significance in that they show the possibility of reconstruction/deconstruction masculinity through the theatrical performance.