교지 『배화』에 수록된 은촌 조애영의 초기작 연구

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the content and discuss the meaning of the early writings of Eunchon, Jo Ae-young, known as the writer of Naebang-gasa, in the school-magazine Baehwa. Previous studies of Eunchon have centered on her life history and writerly consciousness, but there has been a relative lack of attention to her early works. This paper introduces and analyzes the contents of the works that Eunchon submitted to Baehwa while she was a student at Paihwa Girls' High School. These works are valuable sources that demonstrate the level and diversity of Eunchon's writing abilities, and in order to analyze them, the characteristics of the Baehwa and Eunchon's life are discussed as background. Eunchon's earliest works included in the Baehwa are three travel essays and one poem. <Ui-dong Travel Essay> is a work that describes the beauty of nature, but does so in an objective manner, rather than focusing on sentimentality. The cherry blossoms of Ui-dong functioned as a material to stimulate national consciousness. <Dukdo Travel Essay> was created out of a strong desire to learn modern culture, and at the same time, the nihilism of a colonial student emerged. <Downtown Travel Essay> catches the contradictory governance of the Japanese Empire in a modern space. It depicts the existence of brutality in military units, slavery in the post office, censorship in radio stations, and direct discrimination in rice mills. In the poem <Jinjudam Pond> she expressed her affection for the people involved in the resistance movement and his sadness at the reality of their suffering. These works have high value because they have been preserved in the form in which they were created. In addition, we can see that Eunchon's literary skills were not limited to Naebang-gasa, but radiated into various genres of writing, making her a modern female writer who faithfully mastered the new modern literary style.