근대 서간(書簡)의 매체별 존재양상과 기능

Abstract

This Study purposed to observe the characteristic of letter and the historical position in the formation of writing in the beginning of the 20th century. Throughout this research, the media features of the publishing letter inserted in books and magazines have been discussed. The historical features and the enlightening or literal functions of the modern letters inserted in the printed media such as readers, books and magazines from the late 19th century to the early 20th century have been discussed. As a result, it has been known that the letters inserted in the books and magazines in the forms of reading plates, readers and books have executed various features and functions according to the characteristics of the media. Even if the reading plates have executed the enlightening function of executing education with the external form of letters, they have shown the problem related to the distribution of the traditional statements with the combination of Korean and Chinese characters. However, the collection of letters, which has executed the role of textbook together with the reading plates, has reflected the periodic changes well. Also, both the function of textbook, which is related to the activity of writing a sample letter, and the original contents and characteristic forms of the famous sentences have been gradually added. By looking at the letters included in the reading plates which were used as the modern textbooks for reading and writing, it is possible to know that the enlightening function of executing education with modern knowledge was important at the beginning. However, in 1930s, the constant function of delivering the colonial policy related to the modern ‘refinement’ or accumulating the cultural ‘refinement’ was executed. The letters which were included in the periodic publications showed different features and functions according to the media characteristics of the magazines. In 1910s, the letters which were included in such enlightening magazines as Boy(소년), Hakjigwang(학지광) and Youth(청춘) executed the function of providing modern knowledge. In particular, it executed the function of delivering a travel essay. In early 1920s, the letters which were included in such literal magazines as Creation(창조), Ruin(폐허), Baekjo(백조) and Joseon Literary World(조선문단) make it possible to think about the changes related to the literal genres from the epistolary essays to epistolary novels. By discussing the letters inserted in other magazines in further details, it is expected that the tool, enlightening and commercial functions of the modern letters will be revealed in various ways.