『매일신보』 소재 <임경업전> 연구-창작 배경과 인물 형상화 방식에 대한 분석을 중심으로-

Abstract

In this article, the creation background and the method of formalizing characters in “Im Gyeong-Up Jeon” published in Maeil Shinbo. “Im Gyeong-Up Jeon” is the work published in Maeil Shinbo in series over 235 installments for 10 months from January 09 to October 09, 1934. Total volume is considerable enough to reach about 600,000 words. Although this work is a novel published for long time, in the preceding studies so far, only its existence has been mentioned. The creation background of this work can be examined mainly in two directions. One is the position of newspaper. Newspaper focused on securing the popularity. Therefore, it had emphasized the fact that it was the work of popular author. The other is the perspective of the author. Lee Bo-Sang, the author of this work, focused on revealing the achievement of Im Gyeong-Up rather than the commercial aspect. Such perspective of author Lee Bo-Sang is revealed in the method of formalizing the characters. First one is Im Gyeong-Up who governed well as a governor, which can be found mainly in solving the various problems wisely including the litigations of the people who lived in the village. Next one can be the justification of Manchu Invasion of Korea in 1636 and the fidelity to Ming Dynasty. The important part in here is that the author intended to formalize the Im Gyeong-Up as the character skilled in both literary and martial arts. It is the limitation of this study that the comprehensive study on “Im Gyeong-Up Jeon” published in Maeil Shinbo has not been made. However, the facts that this article examined the general features of this work, which has been identified only its existence, and analyzed the method of formalizing the main character are expected to contribute partly to discussing this work in future.