20세기 초 시가의 새로운 소통 매체 출현과 그 의미

Abstract

Classical poetry genres, which were traditionally communicated through collections of poetry on a manuscript, through new printing technologies and sound recording technologies introduced in the 20th century discovered new communication mediums such as the newspaper, jabgajib and phonograph records. Except jabgajib, newspaper and phonograph record systems differ from the customary structure of gajib (collection of poems), which is basically a group of lyrics. However, there are a number of classical poetry texts recorded in it. Accordingly, in this paper, lyrics for ‘yeonchang (performing songs), which are the subject of gajib, represents the traditional concept of a collection of lyrics, as well as a medium that records classical poetry texts. Newspapers and phonograph records were all included in the gajib. In result, this paper was able to examine the development process of classical poetries that continued to progress without disruption in the 20th century. In addition, compositions, or in other words gayo (songs, ballads)’ were the cause for the development of 20th century classical poetry, and its mass popularity was also examined. However in actuality, the phonograph records of Korean song cultures in the 1930s had such a strong popular support base of traditional forms (or simply put, classical poetry), that it could not be defined within the bounds of a ‘popular song era’. Therefore, it is obvious that phonograph records were crucial as a new communication medium for classical poetry in the 20th century and that it is important in the fact that it provides the opportunity to observe the transformation process of classical poetry flow during the 20th century through phonograph records.