일제강점기 아이생활의 이중어 기능 양상 연구 - 1941∼1944년 아이생활을 중심으로

Abstract

The study aimed to examine functional patterns of a dual language centering on a magazine titled Children’s Life from 1941 to 1944 when literary people were forced to write after the Pacific War. First, Children’s Life originated from a pure evangelical magazine took the initiative in obliterating Korean by gradually teaching Koreans the Japanese language, an Imperial language, according to an oppressive measure taken during the Japanese colonial rule. Second, a dual language was mixed in literary works or writings to induce people to glorify and show loyalty to the Japanese empire and the emperor of Japan, and they contained literary allusions to victory in the war in addition to messages on endurance of suffering. Third, even children’s poems and stories introduced inflammatory writings in order to induce children to become soldiers while naturally forcing them to proactively participate in volunteer systems and conscription. They adopted figurative expressions to induce people to donate military supplies to be used in the war. After all, the dual language that appeared in Children’s Life from 1941 to 1944 made children confused about their identity with regard the homeland and the people, and it well demonstrates our humiliating history of ordeal.