개화계몽기 문자/음성적 전통의 균열과 이인직의 언어의식 -「血의淚」의 고유명 玉蓮․옥연․옥련(옥년)을 중심으로

Abstract

This study focuses on investigating that the change of the spelling of a proper name is associated with Okryun's world consciousness through the medium of different languages, observing the aspect of spelling of the proper name, Okryun transfigured according the process of immigration of the main character of novel, Blood Tears(「血의淚」), Okryun. In Part 1 of Blood Tears, Okryun's mother cried out “Okyun” 16 times, Okryun's name in grief. The spelling of the proper name, “Okyun” as vocal substance, however, has been transformed as “Okryun”, “Oknyun” since then. Considered the tradition pronunciation of chinese character(East pronunciation, 東音) “蓮” in Chosen has been “ryun” since around 1800's, Lee in-jik wasn't likely to familiar to such a vocal tradition. On the one hand, this case shows weakening of Chosen vocal tradition in connection with how to pronounce chinese character following the change of times. on the other hand, it also shows the first disagreement of the novel writer and the reader in Chosen around 1900. Lee in-jik had a keen linguistic sense with using Hangul, chinese character, both combination in orthography in his novel. In his novel, Blood Tears, when Okryun went into Japan, as a unfamiliar linguistic place, the spelling of Okryun 옥 련was fixed with the combined form, chinese character and Hangul, 玉蓮, unlike before. It is because the sound “Okryun” in Hangul can't be heard anywhere, but only 玉蓮 in chinese character can be read in Japan. Meanwhile, after Okryun went to Washington D.C of America in Part 36 of Blood Tears, then the strict distiction of Hangul/chinese character around the spelling of Okryun can't be found. It is likely because America is not a same Hanja civilization, not Japan. Lee in-jik writes Okryun's proper name in only Hangul in America. Since then, it is only 2 cases that the name of Okryun is spelled in Hangul/chinese character. It is just when Okyun's name appeared in the Washington Post(Newspaper).