근대 담론 형성과 국문운동 연구

Abstract

The period of Modern Enlightenment between the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century which made radical changes in political and social aspects brought a ground-breaking change in the history of literature. Significantly, the reason is that the birth of a newspaper created the writers and a class of readers different to what it used to be, and also it is located in the center of relocation of the previous discourse and the formation of the new discourse. Particularly, the intellectuals of the period of Modern Enlightenment showed us the practice actions which understood, accommodated, or denied various social relationships and circumstances through newspapers. In the situations of demolition of feudalism and absolute authority domestically and suppression of imperialism internationally, the intellectuals tried to seek the truth by proposing discourses which indicated the community's profits. Therefore, the intellectuals major interests could be summed up as a creation of public discourse preserving the community's profits. In this regard, the directions of their interests were integrated as a domain of public discourses. In addition, this period was a changed period of the environment itself which could be regarded as literature in different respects to the previous period. In fact, our reality opened the door of the public's base and participation by widely sharing information and knowledge as Independence newspaper was easily read and used in Korean language. The newspaper also became a starting point for Korean newspaper and brought vitalizations to Korean language style by publishing on the base of civilians for the first time. Especially, through the newspaper, the classes of people who could read Korean language were increasingly expanded. Furthermore, the usage of it was generalized by establishing Korean newspapers, magazines, textbooks, and various books which introduced foreign cultures to the public. The usage of Korean language presented an opportunity to form an independent class of readers, which was totally different to Chinese language, in ways beyond the mere usage of Korean language. It also took the lead the process of the Modern discourse by facilitating the formation of political, social, cultural discourses.