1920년대 상징의 두 양상 - 김우진의 문학의 ‘상징’ 언어에 나타난 ‘전일성’ 사상을 중심으로

Abstract

This study aims to consider two aspects of symbol in 1920s literature. First, central tendency of symbol in 1920s literature is seen in Park yung hee's style, when he working as a member The Baekjo (<白潮>), The PaeHeo(<廢墟>). Park's symbol escapes from reality, so it is transcendental and he had a attitude that escapes into a romantic idea. Kim Woo Jin, on the other hand, criticized this symbol, and thought that 'symbol' or 'symbolism' has a true meaning when it shows conflict and contradiction. So this study explanations Kim's thought in his symbol and symbolism language with 'Whole character(全一性)'. U-Jin Kim's 'a complete whole character‘ idea aimed at a harmony of the author's idea and language, mind and material and coexistence of traditional culture and Western culture. U-Jin Kim's 'symbol' and 'symbolism' well represent such 'a whole complete character' idea. In U-Jin Kim's literature, a language is the symbol to reproduce the idea. 'Symbolic words' has a significance when the language has relationship with its history and reality. In U-Jin Kim's literary work, the symbol appears in three aspects. That is, they are the 'external' symbol, the 'internal' one and the 'transcendental' one. The 'external' symbol represents the power oppresses the intellectuals(the artists) and the 'internal' one represents inner anguish of ego longing to free himself from it. Lastly, the 'transcendental' idea stands for the choice of life as an artist of Joseon born in the colonial period hoping to accept his destiny and enthusiastically participate in the reality. U-Jin Kim's symbolic sign of his literary work is the thing that his idea appeared in his literature as a language and we found his humane agony and sense of duty as an intellectual in this symbol of the language. Finally, the idea of his 'a complete whole character' overcame limitation of the Enlightenment literature and the literature of literary coterie magazine and recovered the sense of reality and the sense of balance of artistic value. Furthermore, it connotes the nature of resistance culture searching for the possibility of coexistence of culture in the imperialism period and the development of colonial culture from domination culture. In other words, 'a complete whole character' idea is the expression of his postcolonialism of political awareness.