상해판 『독립신문』 연재소설 「피눈물」에 나타난 3·1운동 형상화와 그 의미

Abstract

Since the March 1st Movement, Shanghai has emerged as the center of the Korean independence movement. The Shanghai version of “Tongnip Sinmun” Newspaper(상해판 『독립신문』) had a great influence on the formation of public opinion of Korean society in Shanghai, China at that time. The Shanghai version of “Tongnip Sinmun” was a medium created by members of the Ahn Changho group who led the early interim government. Therefore, the Shanghai version of “Tongnip Sinmun” can be considered as the foundation of the creation of favorable public opinion of Korean society in Shanghai in the provisional government by the members of the Ahn Changho group. This study was conducted to identify the perception of the March 1st Movement of the Korean provisional government, which respected members of the Ahn Changho group, through the serial novel ‘Tears of blood’(「피눈물」) published as the Shanghai version “Tongnip Sinmun”. The series aspect and characteristics of the narrative of ‘Tears of blood’ were examined for this purpose. By analyzing the series aspect, various literary techniques used in narrative development, and the contents of novels, this paper has revealed that the writer of the novel ‘Tears of blood’ is likely to be one of members of the Ahn Changho group in the Korean provisional government. In addition, this paper analyzed the perception of the March 1st Movement presented in the novel ‘Tears of blood’. The novel ‘Tears of blood’ used the ‘student’s protest’ on March 5, 1919, among the various aspects of the March 1st Movement, as a motif. Through this, this paper revealed that the writer was impressed by the movement of students during the March 1st Movement. Also, the ultimate goal of the protest in the novel ‘Tears of blood’ was based on the diplomatic independence theory to seek the independence of Korea by informing the world about the brutal crackdown against protests by the Japanese authorities. This was circumstantial evidence to prove that the writer considered the March 1st Movement’s significance in creating a favorable diplomatic environment for Korean independence. Lastly, this paper intended to clarify the reason why the novel ‘Tears of blood’ juxtaposed the image of the French heroine Joan of Arc with an emphasis on the death of the female student. This meant that the writer was aware of the existence of women in the independence movement through the March 1st Movement, and to emphasize that the death of the women was not simply the end of her life, but an image of the regeneration and metamorphosis of Korea into an independent Korea. Lastly, this paper intended to reveal that perception of the March 1st Movement in in the Shanghai version “Tongnip Sinmun” of the novel ‘Tears of blood’ was based on the perception of the early Korean provisional government rather than personal perception. At the beginning of the publication of ‘Tears of blood’, the Korean provisional government was preparing for the ‘2nd independence protest’ centered on Ahn Changho. At the time of the ‘2nd independence protest’, the Pyongyang protest was the one that carried the intention of the Korean provisional government. The Korean provisional government sought to implement the ‘2nd independence protest’ as similar to the March 1st Movement. The development aspect of the Pyongyang protest overlapped the contents of the novel ‘Tears of blood’. This provides the circumstantial evidence that the perception of March 1st Movement in the novel ‘Tears of blood’ is based on the perception that was implemented in the early period of the Korean provisional government.