1906~1910년 경향신문 소재 천주가사의 특성과 그 지향

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to review the nature and characteristics of the Catholic-Gasa[天主歌辭] in vol. 41, 「Bogam(寶鑑)」, Kyunghayng daily newpaper[京鄕新聞] published between 1906 and 1910, and to investigate the perception of reality and intention represented by the Catholic-Gasa in those periods. This study, based on those investigations, attempted to understand the change pattern of the Catholic-Gasa and examined some aspects of Catholics of those periods in terms of perception of reality and social activities. It was considered, as a result of discussions, that the Catholic-Gasa in Kyunghayng daily newspaper (1) expended the range of author 1906년~1910년 京鄕新聞 소재 천주가사의 특성과 그 지향 303 and increased the amounts, (2) made contents and subjects to being various, (3) tended toward single pattern, and (4) shifted to visual reading materials. The Intention of the Catholic-Gasa in Kyunghayng daily newspaper was (1) confession of faith and hymnals, advice on the religious life, (2) critical perception of reality due to the national right pillage, (3) open-hearted thoughts on the Western cultures and emphasis on the education within school, and (4) the formation and diffusion of new interpersonal relationships and sense of community. The critical perception of reality concerning the process of pillaging national right, the encouragement on the open-hearted thoughts on the Western cultures, and the emphasis on the education within school shows clearly the position on the actual issues and the social role of Catholic in the period of urgent history. It is estimated that the Kyunghayng daily newspaper intervened actively in current social issues and voiced their own, therefore, that the Catholic-Gasa works in it also showed such strong tendency.