일제강점기 아동문학가 엄필진과 『朝鮮童謠集』 연구

Abstract

This article was intended to reveal Eom Pil-jin's(엄필진) activities in children's literature and the bibliographical features of his publication(Joseon Dongyojip, 『조선동요집』). At that time various sources like a daily newspaper confirmed that Eom Pil-jin was from Hwanggan(황간), and was born in 1894 and ended his life in 1951. Also in an article in the Dong-A Ilbo(동아일보), the newspaper revealed that he graduated from Daegu Agriculture School(대구농림학교). And he was interested in the boy's literary movement, participating in the activities of the Boys' Association in Gimcheon(김천소년회) and creating fairy tales. In particular, when he was the principal of the Go-a Public Primary School(고아공립보통학교) in Seonsan, he expressed a lot of interest in children and children's literature by holding an academic arts meeting and declaring a week of love for children. In other words, he was a teacher from 1918 to 1933 the principal of the Go-a public school. This time, he supported or held exhibitions on his own as well as writing fairy tales, and was active in lecturing and promoting children's love. Unlike other boy's activists, he belongs to the boy's society or the boy's literary organization, so we can't find his appearance as an activist. However, he participated in the boy's literary movement by communicating directly with children in the area of Gimcheon and Seonsan as a teather. Under these circumstances, 『Joseon Dongyojip』 published by him for the first time to study a children's song(poetry). It is also meaningful that the book was written in both Korean and Chinese characters to approach readers directly. So, children could and understand it on their own. However, there is a limit to not distinguishing between folk song(민요) and children's song(poetry), as Uidongin(牛耳洞人) pointed out.