식민지검열의 한문자료 통제 -조선총독부 도서과 간행물의 검토

Abstract

This paper is aiming at promoting awareness of research needs for control methods and process of classical Chinese materials in colonial Korea (1910-1945). Until today the classical Chinese materials under control were outside attention. It is due to the fact that censorship has been recognized solely as an issue of ‘Modernity in Expression’. And therefore, it consequently caused unconsciousness on the role that classical Chinese might have played in transition process to modern society of Korea. This is a result from failure to notice the various facets, in other words, the complexity of modern society being created between dialectical mixture of traditional and modern culture. The way of treating classical Chinese materials by colonial censorship organ was two duplicated types. In the first, there was usual control over traditional documents under modern publishing system, and secondly existed special reviewing those of pre-colonial era or produced outside legal sphere. The information of the former, namely, about the classical Chinese materials went through censorship review was collected and organized in every 'Monthly Report' and 'Annual Bulletin' of Publication Police. In the latter case, ‘The Index of Seditious Publications’(『Investigation Documents』vol. 37, 1937) by the Police Administration Division may be a meaningful reference to access its concrete situation. The point of focus in the control over classical Chinese materials was to preclude criticism or denial of Japanese Empire’s authority. And furthermore, it was to block the diffusion of ‘Korea-China Conscience Solidarity’—its necessity and validity based on long history sharing a common written language by semantic symbols.