요산 김정한의 소설집 『낙일홍』과 작가의식

Abstract

This paper attempted to read the author's consciousness at the time through comparative analysis among previously published editions of works, focusing on “The Red of the Setting Sun” published by Segi Publishing Co., Ltd., the first novel by Yosan Kim Jeong-han in 1956. Kim Jeong-han went through a very severe period personally and socially in the 1950s when he published “The Red of the Setting Sun”. Since liberation in 1945, he has been clearly left-winged and his career as a member of the National Guidance Alliance incident put him at risk during the war in the 1950s. The reason why he published “The Red of the Setting Sun” in 1956, when the moment of death was early, would not be just for the production of a collection of works. The novelist's work may remain the same as it first appeared, but if it is revised or adapted through the artist's hand again after the presentation, it may reflect the change of the artist's consciousness and the consciousness of the times. In the mid-1950s, Kim Jeong-han was personally responsible for the survival of his family as the head of the family, and socially, he had to fulfill his role as an educator while attending Pusan National University. In this regard, there is a significant point of contact between Kim Jeong-han's life in the 1950s and the publication of “The Red of the Setting Sun”. Planning the publication of a novel, selecting works, and modifying works did not simply mean releasing a single book. Therefore, in this paper, what he intended to make a workbook was analyzed focusing on changes by edition. As a result of analyzing the works contained in “The Red of the Setting Sun”, Kim Jeong-han tried to solve the problem of ideology caused by his left-wing activities in the past. This can be seen through the novels contained through self-censorship. It also reveals awareness of human survival and death after the war, and interest in the needy and marginalized.