장응진의 문학적 글쓰기와 ‘서사 양식’의 실험

Abstract

This article is related to reviews of the ultimate meaning of Jang Eung Jin’s literary writing. Jang Eung Jin was the editor and publisher of Taegeuk-hakbo and he published two essays and four fictions along with numerous editorials during his publication of Taegeuk-hakbo. The works “Dajungdahan(多情多恨)”, “Chunmong(春夢)”, “Wolhaui Jabaeg(月下의 自白)”, and “Magul (魔窟)”, which were published in Taegeuk-hakbo remained his first and last works. Although Jang Eung Jin left not many works, he was experimenting with writing methods and narrative forms such as ‘Realistic writing’, ‘Mongyoorok’, and ‘Confessional’ in these four fictions. Among them, paying attention to the inner self of an individual through confession can be an event that announced the emergence of ‘Interior Narrative’ in the process of establishing the fiction genre during the period of enlightenment. The inner side of self is a representative discriminatory item of modern fiction and is also one reference point for distinguishing the fiction’s stylistic transition during the period of forming modern fiction. In this respect, Jang Eung Jin’s fictions were the works that exhibited an important development during the transition from the short narrative to the modern fiction in the period of enlightenment. Therefore, his literary works should also receive a proper appraisal in literary historical evaluation. In addition, Jang Eung Jin’s literary activities played a certain driving role and contributed to the formation of the literary section of Taegeuk-hakbo.