이태준 단편 소설에 나타난 계급 관계와 미의식

Abstract

In Lee Tae-Jun's short stories, the setting of narrative originates in the relationship of three social classes ; the people(peasants at rural and the poors in city), the Chosen native bourgeois, and the modern power of Japanese-imperialism. The people hope a relief of the Chosen native bourgeois as a kind of romantic escape, but the perpetrators of Japanese-imperialism interupt their solidarity. And then the people and the native bourgeois don't get out of difficulties due to the rule of the imperialism and capitalistic system. The native bourgeois have an intention of enlightenment to the people, it does not realised as disturbance of the imperialism and capitalistic system. After all, Lee Tae-Jun describes the people's poor life through the warm and sympathic observation instead of the enlightenmentic action. At this point, the sympathic observation brings discovery to the people's human value in his short stories. This is an evidence that he belongs to Chosen-naturalism. On the other hand, the sympathic observation leads him to antiquarianism about Chosen relics of the past. From Chosen relics, he gets the power that indures the rule of the imperialism and capitalistic system. But a sense of failure of enlightenment remains in the deep side of his soul, he swings to the left after 8․15 Emancipation, which he considers as opportunity that enlightens to the people.