1930년대 중후반 『동아일보』 아동극 연구 아동의 일상을 중심으로

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine the changes and meanings of children's daily life in children's plays by approaching children's plays published in the Dong-A Ilbo after 1935 from the perspective of the everydayness of colonial Joseon children.The Dong-A Ilbo was an important channel for children's play writers to make their voices heard at a time when the children's play lost the centerpiece due to the closure of children's magazines and the dissolution of Sonyeonhoe. Children's play writers mainly dealt with children's daily lives through school and play. The subject itself is not different from previous children's plays, but the way it is used is different. While most of the works cover the daily lives of colonial Joseon children, the characters are not aware of any colonial contradictions. Children are actively practicing school discipline and are always happy and cheerful despite the hardships. In other words, the sense of the empire was disciplined and permeated into the daily lives of children.Nevertheless, children's plays in the Dong-A Ilbo have important implications. Through the Dong-A Ilbo, the newly-emerged writers focused on the literary characteristic of children's plays through the diversification of characters, the strengthening of narratives, and the attempt to make them appear in the middle act, contributing to the expansion of the base of children's plays. It is highly regarded that the writers sought a new children's play while being aware of the censorship of the Japanese colonial rule.