『조선문학걸작집』소재 <춘향전> 연구

Abstract

<Chunhyangjun> has been popular not only in Korea, but also in abroad loved by many people through translation. Since around 1910, it has been translated and presented to Japanese, English, French, Netherlands, German, Russian, and Chinese, etc. The major country where the most translations of <Chunhyangjun> took place is Japan. One of the leading people who was at the head of translating and publishing <Chunhyngjun> was Hosoi Hajime. He made continuous efforts to release the literature of Josun in Japan, especially in <Masterpieces Collection of Josun Literature> listed only the literary works of Josun. Generally, Hosoi Hajime was known as who wrote and published actively for the annexation of Josun by Japan. Because of that, the previous researches focused on the aspect that Hosoi Hajime used literature as a means for justification of the colonial view of history. On the contrary, <Chunhyangjun> has not been much illuminated as a classic literature, and intrinsic studies of it have been meager. That <Chunhyangjun> has been translated continuously and broadly in abroad implies its status. Also, they may be a group of different scripts of <Chunhyangjun>, which have been accomplished through the common channel of translation. They must be different from their births from the versions that were read in domestic. One could say that the change in that term might lead to an area that could be referred to establishment of a new group of different scripts. Therefore, in this article, by literary analysis of <Chunhyangjun> in <Masterpieces Collection of Josun Literature>, connection with the previous versions will be illuminated and the principles of adaptation could be figured out. By analysis of <Chunhyangjun> that has been translated and spread over the world, its extent could be expanded.