근대의 성립과 연애의 발견 - 기생과 여학생을 중심으로 한 한일 비교문학 연구

Abstract

The word “Yeon Ae”, which is a term denoting affectionate relationship between man and woman, was formed in Japan as a translation of the English, “Love”. It was imported into Korea around 1910s and came into use. Afterwards, in a social and political atmosphere of the 1920s like mass return of study-abroad generation and total introduction of modern civilization which took place alongside the “culture politics” just after the “3.1 Movement”, the “Yeon Ae” becomes a dominant social trend. The influence of “Yeon Ae” among the contemporary society can be easily amassed through a newspaper editors' opinion which mentioned that “the whole society has been caught by 'Love pestilence' like an influenza epidemic.” It can be said that in the influence of “Yeon Ae” among the society, the overall meanings “Yeon Ae” as a symbol of modern thought like the equality between genders played a decisive role. In other words, in the epidemic of “Yeon Ae” in Chosun, a strong desire of transitional Chosun for the modern world was acting as a motive together with the romantic longing for the love and the excited intoxication with the “Yeon Ae”as a new culture. Therefore, looking into the process by which Chosun accepted and formed “Yeon Ae” could provide important materials for understanding modern Chosun.