『京鄕新聞』의 성격과 오락적 장치의 등장

Abstract

HanseongShinbo, published on February 17, 1895, is also the first newspaper in Korea to serialize classic novels. Classical novels were a new form that changed the existing framework. It also meant the appearance of a regular column in newspapers focused on didactic mode at the time. A regular column created in this way affects all subsequent newspapers. The influence eventually worked as a force to drive the change to a new narrative literature different from the old narrative literature. Among them, the Gyeonghyang Shinmun, which was published as a weekly newspaper by the Catholic parish of Joseon, is remarkable. In the GyeonghyangShinmun, three a regular columns were distributed. 'Soseul', 'Wooseumgeori', 'Jaedam' are such. Among them, I paid attention to 'Wooseumgeori'. There are a total of 179 works published in the ‘Wooseumgeori’ column. If 179 is classified in a large frame, it is largely divided into three types. First, it has accepted or transformed the previous works. Second, a funny story produced at the time. Third, such as dealing with current events at the time. The second type is again divided into three. It is a simple funny story, a social problem in the backside of a funny story, and an episode created while meeting modern civilization. The three types may cause one-off and consumption- based laughter, but behind the scenes, they directly or indirectly reveal a variety of problems facing society at the time. Sometimes they inherited the tradition and tried to partially transform it, sometimes revealing a completely new form that was not seen before. In this way, ‘Wooseumgeori' was causing various types of laughter. It also implies the inheritance and transformation of tradition and the destruction of tradition.