1920년대 한 朝鮮 靑年의 求職 및 日常生活에 대한 일고찰 －『晉判鈺日記』(1918~1947)를 중심으로－

Abstract

The study reconstructs Jin, Panok's school activities, economic activities, leisure activities, job search, and life as a township official (Myeonseogi) through Jinpanokilgi (Jin, Panok's diary), which represents Jin, panok's 10s and 20s who lived in Imsil, Jeollabuk－do in the 1920s. Jin, panok attended Botonghakgyo (Elementary School) in 1918, but failed to attend normal school after graduating Godeung Botonghakgyo (High School) in 1921. He ran away from home and went to Seoul, but, facing grim reality, he thought of suicide on railroad bridge of Han river. In 1923, he tried to receive higher education and secure employment in Japan. But he was discriminated against for being Koreans, and made a living only by becoming a wheat－gluten seller, milk delivery person, newspaper delivery person, and physical laborer in construction sites. He was kept in custody by Japanese police after the great Kwandong Earthquake on September 1, and faced a compulsory repatriation in October. Returning home, he started farming with his father, which did not provide enough living expenses after paying farm rent and taking two rare meals a day in a harsh economic environment. As his father's forceful encouragement, he unwillingly started a job as a Myeonseogi (official of township office) in early 1925, but left it after a year and a half. He was re-employed as a Myeonseogi in 1928, but his economic life was still difficult and accumulated debts. In the early 1920s, he became a landed farmer, ending a life as a tenant farmer, and this made a relatively stable homely life. I looked into administrative duties in Myeon (township), the lowest administrative unit under Japanese rule through the life of Myeonseogi (official of township office) in 1928. Here the contents of the diary could identify with previous studied results concerning local rule policies in the Japanese colonial period. The diary shows vividly that although the youth of the 1920 in Joseon dreamed of a better life for their future, they did not accomplish their dreams in poverty and instead experienced conflicts and frustration. I intend to compare and analyze Jin, panok's life in 1930s and 40s in a different study.