近代 ‘趣味’ 개념의 형성과 專有 樣相 고찰－1900년대 媒體를 중심으로－

Abstract

The Concept of “Taste” in Modern Korea: Its Formation and the Mode of Appropriation in the Media of 1900s Moon, Kyoung-yeon It was in the modern period that the concept of “taste” emerged and was put to use with more intensity and concentration. Traces of traditional concepts such as “elegance(趣)” and “refinement(風流)” still lingered in the term “taste” when it was initially used during the Enlightenment Period. However, as the term faced the new Zeitgeist required in the Enlightenment Period, the semantic context and the assemblage had to be different from those of the previous age. The “taste” which appeared in diverse forms of mass media and journals in the Enlightenment Period had broader extension. It was used as a kind of collective noun, whose meaning ranged from the human ability to respond to arts, repeated practices that continuously elevate the characters, dispositions and aesthetic qualities of the objects, and the relationship between the subject and the aesthetic objects. The concept of “taste” in 1900s, which was closely linked to the civilization, knowledge and education, began to be paired up with the civilization, education, business, etc. That is, “taste” was a conceptual device that was necessary for the realization of enlightenment and education.