1960년대 이전 한용운 시의 정전화 과정

Abstract

This study makes a close inquiry into the process of canonization by Han Yong-un before 1960s surrounding the selection of literary works, history of literature, Korean language textbooks and teaching materials. The canon is commonly called great works and literary works shared through implicit agreement. Through this canon formation process, Han Yong-un has been ranked as a model poet of resistance as well as a representative poet of resistance in the era of modern poetry. But this kind of recognition is the evaluation established based on the severance of understanding without the investigation into the evaluation about Han Yong-un and his poems before 1960s. The research on his poems in earnest was conducted lively from 1960s. Therefore, how his poem was evaluated was left the absent state for recognition for approximately 30 years from 1926 when his poem The silence of love was published to 1960s when his poems were rated in earnest. So the close investigation into how the poems of Han Yong-un was canonized until 1950s could not be the subject of discussion. Based on this sense of question, this research was looking at the process of canonization of Han Yong-un's poems before 1960s. As a result, the poems of Han Yong-Un until 1950s have been recognized as religious and contemplative poems showing the trend of transcendence and the poet, Han Yong-un, was called religious poet. His poems recognized as consistently representative after publishing the book of poetry among his poems were 'I Can't Know' and in 1950s 'The silence of Love' was recognized as a representative poem. And it was confirmed that his poems were established as cannons among modern poems after his poem 'Obedience' has been included in the Korean language textbook of middle school since the liberation of Korea. In addition, this research confirmed that the poems of Han Yong-un, 'Obedience' and 'I Can't Know' were canonized in the curriculum of middle school and the poems, 'Ferry boat and Passenger' and 'The silence of Love', were canonized as representative poems in the liberal arts of the University after mid 1950s. The fact that Seo Jeongju and Kim Chunsu played a huge role in the process of canonization deserves attention.