1910년대 신문의 역할과 근대소설의 정착과정 -매일신보를 중심으로

Abstract

Newspaper was one of the most important cultural foundation for the development of modern Korean narratives. Many kinds of newspapers were published in enlightenment period in Korea. The newspapers published many different styles of narratives in the period. The 'sosul' section was found in Hansungsinbo in 1897. It was the first case of using term 'sosul' as a name of section in newspaper. The 'sosul' section was popular after 1906 on Korean newspapers. Before the time, modern narratives were published in news section and editorial section. Most of editors of newspapers in enlightenment period in Korea thought 'sosul' and 'yadam' and editorial as a same form. It shows that the combination of narrative and editorial was one of the most important character of early modern Korean narratives. The Maeilsinbo was the only newspaper which was published in 1910's without suspension of publication. The reason was that it was a formal propaganda of Japanese colonial government in Korea. At the beginning of colonial period, the Japanese colonial government was not interested in enlightenment of people in Korea. As the result, focus of narratives in Maeilsinbo was entertainment instead of enlightenment. But the colonial government changed policy from entertainment to enlightenment especially for unsatisfied intelligent people at the middle 1910's. Appearance of a writer Lee Kwang Soo in Maeilsinbo was a symbol of revival of enlightenment in modern Korean literary history. The Moojung(Heartless) was the first work which was written in pure Korean for intelligent people. The achievement of Moojung was a sign for accomplishment of modern national literature by pure Korean literary style. But the achievement of Moojung also has limitations because it was created and published under control of Japanese colonial government.