1920~30년대 근화여학교의 연극 활동

Abstract

This article looked at the theatrical activities of the Geunhwa Academy and Geunhwa Women's School, founded by CHA, Melissa(1879~1955), in terms of the amateur theatricals movement in which the general public acted as the main agent in the 1920s and 1930s. The theatrical activities of the Geunhwa Women's School in the 1920s and 1930s, which was organized by women, led the operation fund raising, integration and communication, and contributed to the popularization of plays and the dissemination of Western modern culture. At that time, the theatrical activities of Geunhwa, which consisted only of female students, led women's solidarity by recognizing the reality through community activities and finding out how to solve problems on their own. It also provided an opportunity for women to come out of the home and learn independence and self-awareness at school, examine new directions of life. In addition, in the 1930s, the student theatrical activities of Geunhwa Women's School were aimed at public enlightenment as a social activities of students, and contributed to Western culture distribution by introducing modern plays to the audience.