최연호의 삽화로 보는 유치진의 농촌 3부작

Abstract

“The Collection of Yoo Chijin’s Plays” (Sung Moon Gak edition) shows the best of his plays published in his lifetime. In the Collection, illustrations by Choi Yeonho, one of the Korean set designers representing the history of Korean stage art, are included. This study looked into 3 works “Tomack” (A Mud Hut), "Budnamu sun dongne ponggeong" (Scene for The Villege with Willows), and “So” (Cow), generally considered Yoo Chijin’s "The Trilogy of a Farm Village", his representative works, through Choi Yeonho’s illustrations. These illustrations not only display Choi Yeonho’s perspectives well－realism, present meaning, comprehensive considerations on stage, etc.-but also become one new basis for interpretation of Yoo Chi-jin’s plays. First, through the illustrations in "Tomack" Choi Yeon-ho used intricate angled strokes that were for depicting the stage to provide the space Tomack, s imilar to a tomb, with dignity that can be seen in ancient ruins; and by doing so he showed respect for the history of Tomack residents, who lived in poverty. In "Budnamu sun dongne ponggeong", he dismantled archetypal placeness that is expressed through "willow trees" and criticized the reality where the growth and development of trees were not normal, and what is more, implied the advent of industrial society by depicting the reality as weeping willows, which mean the demimonde. In "So", he provided the characters’ behaviors with strong senses by positioning the cowshed, a space, noticeably; and showed discernment-he considered the gaze of the audience as well as that of the cow. That is, his illustrations are one important example of the interpretation of Yoo Chijin’s plays; and it can be seen that his illustrations of the stage are an aesthetic subject sending illustration’s own messages, greatly extending the stage art’s imagination unlike the real performances. In addition, it is thought that doing this would be able to help gain a foothold in the new understanding of plays, as it is possible to check what interpretations Choi Yeonho added and how he displayed them to the readers / audience through illustrations in 1971, the point when the Collection was released based on his interpretations through illustrations.