고전의 근대적 재생산과 최남선의 국한문체 글쓰기「조선광문회고백(朝鮮光文會告白)」 검토

Abstract

As a manifesto for reserving Korean classics based upon pre-modern tradition,Josongwangmunhoe booklet is also merged with the modern knowledge industry. Choe Namson, the writer of the booklet, for the sake of national identity, manifests the reservation and the reproduction of pre-modern Korean classics can be achieved through the capitalistic knowledge industry and mass media. The essence of Gwnagmunhoe agenda is the establishment of membership publishing company open to the general public, proposing the mass publication of Korean classics only distributed to a few aristocrat and literati in Joson dynasty. In early modern Korea, Korean classics rare volume, representing Korean tradition, must be incorporated into modern market. Therefore, the writing of the booklet is the active respond for the transition period of early modern Korea and rhetoric consolation to the ruthless phase of ages destructs the past value-system. The core of Choe’s rhetoric is Korean-Chinese style and his writing is sympathetic solace to the general public under the Japanese military government in 1910s. To comtemporary Korean, the rhetoric power of his Korean-Chinese style is no longer evocative but in early modern colonial Korea, the pathos of his style, reminding the Korean Classical Chinese tradition,is powerful media. His style is the outcome by unique and a sort of bilingual rhetoric efforts through Hangul writing and Korean-Chinese writing based Classical Chinese tradition. With writing talent and administrating ability, Choe can be the hub of Korean intellectual society and the bridge between traditional literati and modern intellects in 1910s Korea.