한국 라디오서사의 갈래 연구

Abstract

The radio literature in Korea had long been marginalized in literary research in a disparaged environment for creation. Noting that the theoretical approach to radio literature is almost existent, this study aims at exploring the concept and the genre characteristics of radio narrative and categorizing the Korean narratives during the period between the Japanese colonial rule and the 1970s. Radio narrative refers to a series of stories delivered through an arrangement and rhetorical methods of the radio media. Today's narrative goes beyond the limited rhetorics found in novels and crisscrosses many kinds of media and genres to include diverse literary products and discourses dispersed in human activities. So, it can be said that radio narrative covers quite broad areas, but this study takes a close look only at artistic radio narrative. The categorization of radio narrative is based on the concept of "remediation" suggested by Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin, focusing on the correlations between media and genres. Radio narrative can be divided according to the remediation aspects of the existing narrative genres. The remediation of oral narratives include radio historical stories and radio gags, while that of technical narrative genres are radio drama, radio novel, radio essay, radio sound play and radio music play, which have some characteristics of radio drama in common or become similar to it. This means radio drama with pronounced characteristics of remediating other genres is the integral part of radio narrative. In this study, the categorization of radio drama genre is examined separately. There are more criteria to categorize radio drama, but it is important to note that a new experience between the 1950s and 1960s had a decisive impact on the establishment and the popularity of radio drama. Moreover, the remediation of diverse media and genres also has taken deep root in the U.S. broadcasters as well as many competing broadcasters. Korean radio narrative has recently shown a distinctive trend of seeking changes. Facing a competition with television and many other media, radio narrative is trying to converting itself into a "visible radio" by utilizing advanced digital technologies. At the same time, radio narrative is gaining more ground through audio book service provided by broadcasters. Therefore, reminding that radio narrative has been keeping pace with technological and social changes, it is necessary to conduct more research on radio narrative.