근대 유학생 잡지의 문체와 한글체 소설의 형성 과정－『여자계』를 중심으로－

Abstract

The Role of Modern Korean Magazine YeoJaGae in the Formation of the Korean Narrative －Focus on Shifts in Writing Style－Kim Young Min The shift of writing styles in early 20th century Korea is closely related to the import of modern knowledge from abroad. Therefore, the magazines published in foreign countries by Korean students studying abroad are meaningful in terms of the accumulation of new knowledge and variation of writing styles. Korean students studying abroad were one of the groups of intellectuals who played a leading role in the introduction of new knowledge as well as the shift of writing styles in modern Korea. In the early stage, articles in the magazines for Korean international students were written in a mixed script of both Hangeul and Hanja (Chinese characters) and in a pure Hanmun (Chinese writing) script. However, the number of articles written in pure Hanmun rapidly decreased, and in their place appeared articles written in pure Hangeul. In a nut shell, the development of modern Korean magazines for students studying abroad can be summarized in three stages according to the shifts in writing styles: ① the pure Hanmun and the mixed script of Hangeul and Hanja, ② the pure Hanmun, the mixed script, and the pure Hangeul writing, ③ the mixed script and the pure Hangeul writing. Because there was more than one option for writing, the writers had to choose their writing style by a case by case basis; thus, they chose it based on the literacy level of the readers expected to read the articles. YeoJaGae was a magazine for female students studying in Japan. Most of the media in the early 20th century chose pure Hangeul script for female readers, but YeoJaGae was written for the intellectual women. Therefore the writers adopted the mixed script of Hangeul and Hanja, which was the typical writing style of intellectuals. On the other hand, the editors of YeoJaGae tried to broaden the use of pure Hangeul writing, which was the easiest and most suitable writing style for the Korean language. The magazine YeoJaGae introduced a corner for Korean narratives and thereby contributed largely to the formation of the modern Korean narrative. In particular, the narratives in YeoJaGae written by female writer Na HyeSeok are good examples of this new trend. Her narratives demonstrate the development of the modern Korean narrative emerging from the traditional intellectual novel, and thus contributed to the unification of Korea’s spoken and written language.