1890~1900년대 ‘演劇’의 번역어 양상과 연극인식 연구 - 『韓英·英韓字典』, 『韓英字典』, 『皇城新聞』, 『大韓每日申報』를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This paper represents the translation aspect and recognition of a play from the early 1890s to the late 1900s, which was based on Hwangseongsinmun, Deahanmaeilsinb, Korean-English․English-KoreanDictionary, A Korean- English Dictionary. The dictionary used in the enlightenment period included English 'theater' and 'play'. However, since there existed no performance pattern of "Western Theater" and infrastructure to support the performance, a play in the age of enlightenment referred to English 'play'. A play had a semantical similarity to entertainment. Hwangseongsinmun and Deahanmaeilsinb, two representative media in the enlightenment period, clearly reflected this aspect. The newspapers were useful tools to contemplate people's recognition of a play in the period in that they were the vehicles of thought and action as well as the organizations that exercised power for controlling them. Especially Hwangseongsinmun continued to publish articles about a play and a shift occured in the way publishers of Hwangseongsinmun perceived the paradigm in the age brought a change of the tone of argument on English 'play'. That is to say, for them, a play was a means to instill patriotism and national consciousness into the hearts of people. In addition, it was a product where they penetrated their inner desires that they wanted to maintain their dominant positions in Chosun society through stirring up public opinion. However, critical arguments about a play influenced them to carry negative mechanisms such as dissipation, prodigality and ruining oneself on it. After opening a port, a flesh trade from Japan caused prostitution to prevail in Chosun, which resulted in placing Gisaeng who sang and danced at a traditional entertainment and Changi as a prostitute in the same class. This led to negative images on a play. In other words, negative images on Gisaeng importantly affected recognizing a play of the day.