신소설의 ‘경제’와 ‘사회’

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to revisit the formation of ‘modern social imaginaries’ in the modern Korea through the dual meaning of ‘economics’ and ‘political economy’ by reading Lee In-jik and Lee Hae-jo’s Sinsoseol in relation to in the term of Economy. Gyeongje(경제, 經濟) is the translated word as Economy, and it originates historically from the 經國濟民. It was the focus of the ‘political economy’, which was similar to the traditional economy of East Asian operations. Therefore, there have been some delays in introduction and understanding of the autonomous network of interactive networks that are object to economics as the western concept and the main stage of modern literature, especially the novel. the economy was regarded as an area where should be regulated by the Government in the traditional history book written by Confucian intellectuals such as Hwang Hyeon and Jeong Gyo in 1900-1910s. However, the basic theory of Western economics and the view of man were introduced by Yu Seunggyum and others. Lee Injik and Lee Haejo portrayed the bureaucrats and slaves obsession with their desire for money in their fictions. In particular, Lee Injik proposed the imagination of a society composed of economical human units in his fictions and “The sociology”. However, in their fictions, Korea was a hell-like place where the pursuit of money was the sole purpose of being able to trade all his life, office, conscience and honor. Therefore, the recovery of the political economy by the government's forcings was regarded as a realistic alternative. After Japanese annexation of Korea, the imagination of the economic societies of their fictions, eventually caused to be incorporated into the Japanese currency.