김사량의 <토성랑(土城廊)> 판본 비교 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to compare two version of Toseongrang. Toseongrang was written 1934 and appeared in a Teibou in October 1936. A revised version of Toseongrang was printed in the February 1940 issue of Bungei syuto. Especially of interest are the publishing date and the differences in the media between the two version of Toseongrang. Teibou is a (literary) coterie magazine of Tokyo Imperial University, whereas Bungei syuto is an established magazine in the Japanese literary world to promote young upcoming authors. Two magazine have a very different position. The first version in Teibou exposes the severe realities of colonial Chosun. Compared to it, the second version in Bungei syuto takes a more fatalist view, portraying the problems as the aftermath of natural disaster (the overwhelming force of water). It is clear that two version of Toseongrang represent a different reality in Colonial Chosun. In this article, I take the historical background into consideration in analyzing the significance of this difference. It is important to note that Kim Sa Ryang himself well recognized that matter. He wrote about it in the postscript of his first Japanese book Hikarinonakani (Oyama – Syoten 1940.12). This is exactly why Kim Sa Ryang could go on to write works like Tenma (A Flying Horse, Bungei syunjyu 1940.6.). Tenma is a mockery of Japan’s colonialism (and especially, their suppression of the Korean language). Through the process of comparing these two versions of Toseongrang, the changes in Kim Sa Ryang’s writing become clear, and they show to different realities in Colonial Chosun.