염상섭의 초기 소설과 문화주의

Abstract

The obective of this study is to investigate the characteristics of the early I920's novels written by Yum Sang-Sup. 「The blue-frog at the laboratory 」「The dark night」「The new year's eve」were usually called the early three series works. The central point of this novels was an anguish. It was a congenital, absolute being. It was caused by the breaking-inclination that set the opposite side. The inclination was to realize of the individuality that was separated from the society. And to pursue the truth, the good, and the beauty. The basis of Yum Sang-Sup's novels at this periods was The Culturism. The Culturism was to appear under the influence of The Reconstruction that was the universal waves. The Reconstruction found that the cause of conflicting at that times was the reason made the modemcivilization. Therefore The Reconstruction was the reflection and skepticism of the modern. At this point, the anguish of the early novels written by Yum Sang-Sup was the result from mixing the chase of the modem and the reflection of the modern.