구소설의 서사가 근대의 시간과 만날 때 - 하위대중의 형이상학은 어떻게 만들어지는가?

Abstract

It is a fallacy of intentional generalization happens to the interpretation of history to comprehend the Korean old-style novels of 20th century just as a transitory superposition phenomenon in the transitional process of cultural structure originated by social change. Despite the fact that the existence of the old-style novels itself was both element and as-pect of modernity in colonial Korea, they were regarded as a remnant of the traditional era. Resultantly, one of the important qualities composing the depths of modern culture and the way of thinking during that period, has not been sufficiently and seriously examined. The traditional narratives excluded from the change process of society character demand to reconsider the system of modernity. To put it concretely, the substantial influence of traditional narratives in the real world incapacitated the various intellectual attempts which forced to view modernity as an exclusive asset running only in a specific way and something monopolized by the new unique modern elites. For example, Story of Shim Cheong made the colonial subaltern ponder the problem of ‘death.’ This menas that the profound ontological issue ―life and death ―was conveyed to the imagery of the subaltern through old-style novel narrative. The old-style novels of colonial Korea were treated as a part of regressive cultures which had to be crowded out by the influence of modern literature introduced from the West, but in reality, they played a role of social education function deepening and broadening both people’s ethos and thinking.