1920년대 최병화의 아동문학 활동 연구 - 초기 작품을 중심으로

Abstract

Choi Byeong-hwa had carried out various literary circle activities with publishing numerous works of children’s literature in all sorts of newspapers and literary magazines from the mid to late 1920s until his death in 1951. In terms of a research on Choi Byeong-hwa as a popular children’s book author, a base study is being progressed only lately in order to confirm the chronology of the writer and the chronological list of the work, but remains at a meager level. Since he was a writer who was active for nearly 30 years during the Japanese colonial era and the liberation period, it is a situation that requires a systematic and in-depth research so as to evaluate Choi Byeong-hwa’s children’s literature activities. The purpose of this writing is to arrange and assess Choi Byeong-hwa’s children’s literature activities. For a more systematic and thorough research, the period from 1924 to 1930 when Choi Byeong-hwa started his literary career was divided into the early stage of children’s literature activities. And the aim was to concentrate on a research on Choi Byeong-hwa’s early works. First of all, it ascertained the chronological list of the work by empirically analyzing and examining the original materials for children’s literature works that Choi Byeong-hwa released in the 1920s, and inquired into the aspect of rolling out Choi Byeong-hwa’s children’s literature works at that time based on this. Choi Byeong-hwa developed children’s literature work activities through various newspapers and literary magazines from the mid to late 1920s. Figuring out the branches of children’s literature works, there were a variety of poem, essay, impressive story, liberal arts, review, historical drama, and a translated work including juvenile novel and fairy tale. The early works by Choi Byeong-hwa who led an active life as an editorial fellow member for the magazine 『Byeolnara』 were not clearly revealed a hierarchical propensity and were shown a realist work tendency.