일제 식민지시기 한국⋅대만의 ‘문학’ 관념의 전변과 그에 대한 동시대적 서술 비교연구 ― ‘신문학론’을 중심으로

Abstract

Korea and Taiwan shared the objective socio-political conditions of “complete colony” of Japan. Between them, in the early to mid-1920s, there were some of resemblances in the prime movers of the cultural movement and the “New Literature Theory” which was its initiation and the representative maneuver. This paper focused on this, for further specific comparison, selected “Gaebyeok” of “Gaebyuksa” and the “Taiwan Minbao” by the Taiwanese Cultural Association as representative organizations and publications that promoted the cultural movements in Korea and Taiwan. With this selection, at the point of “New Literature Theory”, it was examined that the transformation of the concept of “literature” and their contemporary descriptions. For the basic frame, the uncompleted educational system was considered as a socio-cultural background that had a key influence on the relationship between the colonial situation and literature. Both Joseon and Taiwan emphasized the practice of cultural reformation mainly on “social education”, rather than “school education”, which had a specific effect on the concept of “literature” and contemporary depictions. That is to say, in the early 1920s, the literary theory was established beyond regular educational system, and closely developed with “social education” rather than academic or to be scholarship in the institution. And their contents were to prioritize the value as an efficient method or means to encourage public awareness. Despite of being exterior to the regular institutional system, still there was the academic inquiries about the literature as scholarship. But the urgency of executing the cultural reformation, by priority, made it emphasize the efficacy of disseminating the new culture. Simultaneously, considering the peculiarities of colonial state, there were profound discussions on literature.