비평정신과 테크놀로지 -식민지 시기 임화의 근대성 인식과 성찰

Abstract

The article examined the problems of science and technology presented in Im-Hwa’s criticism and the history of literature at the end of the Japanese colonial empire. While the direction of the previous studies has shifted from ideology to emotion based on the genre and specific time periods, this article analyzed Im-Hwa’s insights of the technology found in various genres. As the writings introducing new art trends and the form of theater in the late 1920s represent, Im-Hwa in the Japanese colonial empire introduced new forms based on material civilization and kept having an interest in the social phenomena created by technological progress. During the period expanding fascism in the late Japanese colonial empire, Im-Hwa advocated the pursuit of a free spirit from technology, witnessing how technological progress, coupled with the purpose of improving productivity, affects the lives of colonial intellectuals. The distinction between goods and expressions found in Im-Hwa’s criticism of modern media and movies, and Im-Hwa’s rediscovery of tradition and rural areas is crucial evidence of this.