단재 전집 간행과 문학편의 문제점 고찰

Abstract

It was tried many times to publish Danjae's works so far. His posthumous works were published as a selection in North Korea for the first time. Ham-Gwang Ahn and others put his posthumous works in good order and published “The great fierce battle between dragons” in 1966. The committee for the publication of Danjae Shin Chae Ho's complete collection was set up in South Korea and published “Danjae Shin Chae Ho's complete collection” composed of 2 volumes in 1972 and published its supplement in 1975, and accomplished “Revised edition of Danjae Shin Chae Ho's complete collection” composed of 4 volumes including a separate volume. The revised edition made the position of the works put in the former complete collection clear, and included the manuscript of “The great fierce battle between dragons” and the editorials in “Daehanmaeilsinbo - a newspaper” and others collected extensively. But as the revised edition included materials without proper verification, lots of works included in the collection were seized in dispute about the authorship. In this article, I studied the authorship of “Cheonheedangsihwa”, the works published in “Daehanmaeilsinbo”, “Preface to Republication of Danggigosa, a chronicle of ancient Korea” and “Gorakyoosoo”. And I examined 6 newspapers including “Hwangseongsinmoon” two magazines including “Tienku” in order to find out Danjae's works. I examined Danjae's literature scale, too. I checked his works which were not included in the selection published in North Korea and “Shin Chae Ho's posthumous literary selection” compiled by Byeong-Min Kim. And I mentioned his unpublished posthumous manuscripts in North Korea and his novels and poems which were found out recently. Above all, it is urgent that his complete collection being newly published should make up for the weakness of the former complete collection. First of all, it will be proper to include his works that were confirmed and works newly discovered in his complete collection and exclude the controversial works if possible. It is required to confirm the authorship of such works hereafter. As Jeong-Gyu Park mentioned, systematic and scientific analysis is required on the basis of records and historical materials at that time. Academic decision should be passed after the thorough study of the text. I hope that his posthumous manuscripts in North Korea will inpour to South Korea and lots of his materials will be secured. And I hope that work to confirm the authorship will be maintained and perfect “Danjae's complete collection” will be published.