陶南 국문학의 성격

Abstract

Cho, Yun-jae was the first scholar majored in Korean literature in Uniersity established by Japan in colonial Korea. He began to study Korean literature on the basis of Positivism, and wrote remarkable papers. But he examined himself the methodology and founded the National View of Literary History(민족사관). He wrote History of Korean Literature(국문학사)(1949) on that method. He also wrote Introduction to Korean Literature(국문학개설)(1955) in which he described the whole system and scale of Korean literature, and he treated of methodology of Korean literary study. So Cho, Yun-jae settled Korean literary study as a science by equipping method and coherent view. His Korean literary study has the characteristic of Korean Studies. Because he required the researcher of Korean literature to investigate National Spirit and National Peculiarities. But he did not leave territory of Korean literature, and lose the identity of Korean literary study. He only interpreted national peculiarities in Korean literary works on the basis of scientific method. Cho, Yun-jae also took interested in Korea Language Education. He organized Korean Language Education Society and his products of Korean literary study was selected in high school textbook. He regarded Korean literature as teaching materials to cultivate and foster national spirit and sentiment. He required Korean language teacher to research the life handing down from generation to generation.