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Abstract

Purpose of this study is to reconsider Dongin at that did the leading role for Modernism in the 1950’s and historic position of In-Hwan Park in poetry who did central role for formation of Dongin. Poems of the Modernism in the 1950’s must be argued from different point of view from those at the 1930’s. Modernism movement in the 1950’s being made mainly by Dongin at had its root in reality and obtained concreteness. Problems of ideology and existence through the 6·25 Korean War, interest and introspection of human being made them take pains in forming the ruined city and depression of death as poetic metaphor by means of modernistic language through concrete recognition of reality. Because they couldn’t but accept reality as fate of the times, poems of modernism in the 1950’s were using such situations of the times as various sources. And such aspects would become points discriminating from the modernism in the 1930’s to the modernism in the 1950’s. Dongins at criticized the modernism in the 1930’s, which emphasized only poetic language and techniques by applying theory of British- American Imagism, and argued their difference. Therefore, in this study, the researcher understood Dongins at as the latecomer of the modernism in the 1930’s, and as the result of examining historic position of In-Hwan Park in poetry who was at the center of Dongin’s activities, through his poems, the researcher could confirm that he opened a new world of Korean modernism being differentiated from the modernism in the 1930’s and became motive power to show possibility of extending and deepening modern poems thereafter. Nevertheless, the reason that his poems haven’t been evaluated properly but devaluated in the meantime seems to be because of the influence of literary journalists and Soo- Young Kim. Publication of a writing about devaluating In-Hwan Park by Soo-Young Kim who did activities of Dongin for together with In-Hwan Park and had friendly relation with him, and influence of Soo-Young Kim’s followers taking advantage thereof could become some reasons for devaluating In-Hwan Park’s poems. Even though his poems were not able to overcome some limitations, the aspects that he denied traditional lyric poetry and his experimental spirit trying to open a new world, and aspects of accepting reality actively without neglecting it must be evaluated properly. Short life of In-Hwan Park who left us without living the whole period’s of 1950’s didn’t allow him to have time to grope for new direction unlikely as Soo-Young Kim who could remain as a symbol of the participating poem in the 1960’s. However, his poetic walk left a footprint that wouldn’t be meaningless at all for history of poetry in the 1950’s. And thereby, we can’t deny that he was a hero who did a bridge role between the modernism in the 1930’s and recent postmodernism poetry.