정지용과 北原白秋 시문학에 나타난 근대적 인식 비교 고찰

Abstract

This study saw Korean and Japanese literature share the nature fundamentally, in that they continued to search for the modern awareness agonizing to survive before the Western shock. Both countries have gone through the common process of modern times under the Western Powers. The position of Jeong Ji- yong in process of Korean modernization is closely associated with modernity that Korean poetry attained. His poetry has been evaluated to develop the new dimension of Korean modern poetry through refined elaboration of language and utilization of sensuous adjectives. Japanese modernization was developed under the unequal treaty according to opening nation and trade pressure by the Western Powers. Japanese modern poetry started from『New Style Poems』(1882) that collected the translated western poems and the creative poems, and Kitahara Hakushu had a great influence on the establishment of colloquial free verse. Colloquial free verse in the Japanese poetry is one of the important indicators expressing modernization of literature. He also played a leading role in the almost all verse genres from poem/short verses to song such as folk song and children’s song. Thus, we can say that Jeong ji-yong and Kitahara Hakushu are the representative poets who made a great contribution to the development of Korean and Japanese modern poetry. Kitahara Hakushu is also evaluated as a poet who gave an influence on the formation of Korean modern poetry. Based on this influential relationship, this study tried to investigate through Jeong Ji-yong and Kitahara Hakushu’s poetry how they developed the aspects of staring at and perceiving modern times. And this study discussed how awareness of modern times was progressed in Korea and Japan. By comparing poems of Jeong Ji-yong and Kitahara Hakushu who drew modern poetry of Korea and Japan, this study investigated various perceptions of experiences based on modern times. They pursued ontological awareness through sensory images, use of novel sensory images recreated by modern civilization and new form of poetry. This study shows how various aspects of mutual communication system of Korean and Japanese literature develop based on the commonality of times - modern times.