한설야의 『대륙』을 새롭게 독해하는 두 가지 방법 -독자층과 매체 서사 전략을 중심으로-

Abstract

Han Seol-ya's 『Continent』 is a novel serialized in the 『kukminShinbo』 in 1939, and was written in Japanese. It contains the process of growth in which figures named Oyama and Hayashi pioneer Manchuria as the main subjects. In addition, the main plot is the process in which the main characters make love. Until now, Han Seol-ya's 『Continent』 has been evaluated from the opposing perspective of pro-Japanese and anti-Japanese. This study is the study of an attempt to newly read 『Continent』 in terms of major readers and media narrative strategies that were not mentioned in Han Seol-ya's 『Continent』 study. Han Seol-ya's 『Continent』 is a novel that was produced and distributed through a media called newspapers. For that reason, the novel has no choice but to pursue a media strategy with a connection to the media. Therefore, this study first analyzed the aspects of readers and liberal arts novels. First of all, Continent is a novel that may have been read by Japanese living in Joseon, including Koreans who can read Japanese. In particular, it was a weekly magazine that made teenagers an expected reader. Therefore, it was analyzed that the instructive and enlightening nature of 『Continent』 may actually be an narrative strategy considering the expected reader. Second, the media characteristics and aspects of newspaper serial novels were analyzed. Popularity is an important requirement, as can be seen in ordinary newspaper serials. Considering these media characteristics and readers, three narrative strategies of popularity were found in the Continent. The fact that he secured popularity through love narratives, clearly revealed the dichotomous confrontation, and tried to convey a message of hope. These three narrative strategies perfectly perform the media strategy while converging into popularity. In other words, by analyzing the organic correlation between the narrative strategy and the narrative content of 『Continent』, this study attempted to argue that the theme consciousness of 『Continent』 was the result of comprehensively considering the reader and media characteristics. Therefore, it is expected that this study will be able to present a new perspective to expand the scope of previous studies conducted focusing on the subject consciousness of the artist.