김기주의 『조선신동요선집』 연구

Abstract

As is generally known, it is within bound to say that song in children’s literature during the Japanese colonial period was its peak. It was due to the combination of youth writers’ desire for the honor and publication, with the submission request from the children’s literature media and the newspaper literary page, and the rise of propagation effects through the song composition. Anthology-like children’s song collections were also published as a lot of children’s songs were created. The children’s song collection of the Japanese colonial period include Dong-yo-jip(The Collection of Children’s Songs) by Jeong Changwon in Gyeongnam Province, Joseon-dongyo-seonjip(Collection of Korean Children’s Songs) by the Joseon Children’s Song Research Association, Joseon-sin-dongyoseonjip by Kim Giju, Saek-jin-ju(Colored Pearl) by Park Gihyeok. Considering the total number of writers and works, and the quality of the songs, Joseon-dongyo-seonjip and Joseon-sin-dongyo-seonjip could be the representative collections. Compiling collection of children’s song required a persistent effort since one has to search widely for the songs published in various media for a long time. Unique eye to discern the meaningful work among numerous songs was also necessary. This research examines Kim Giju’s Joseon-sin-dongyoseonjip(Pyeongyang, Donggwang Publisher, 1932). So far, only its publication has been known, and no further had been reported in the academic world. This research not only makes the book known but would also like to examine the accomplishments and limitations of the Joseon-sin-dongyo-seonjip by comparing it to another anthology Joseon-dongyo-seonjip(Bakmoonseogwan, 1929) which is closest in its size. Joseon-sin-dongyo-seonjip is overwhelming in scale than other anthology of children’s song as it contains 203 works of 123 writers. The book examines an extensive amount of major newspapers and magazines of the Japanese colonial period in selecting writers and works. It also tried to reflect the reputation and evaluation of the time in selection. The significance and limitations of the Joseon-sin-dongyo-seonjip are summarized as follows. Extensive selection of writers and works, referring diverse sources, overcoming of regional limitations, and the selection of canon-like works can be considered significant. Limitations include that class-oriented writers and their works were relatively unfavored and that it overlooked the fact that some works had been plagiarized.