한국의 모리 오가이(森鴎外) 문학 번역 소개와 연구 동향 - 1966년부터∼2015년까지 50년간 -

Abstract

Fifty years have passed since Ogai’s historical fiction “Sansho the Bailiff(山椒大夫)” was introduced to Korea in a translated version in 1966. Forty years have passed since a research on Ogai and his fictions initiated by Go, Changbeom, a scholar of German Literature, in 1976. Meanwhile, Ogai’s sixteen literary works have been translated into thirty eight works by eighteen translators including Son, Sunok, and 105 scholarly essay articles have been published by forty seven authors where ten authors who published more than three articles have published fifty threearticle. One scholarly book on Ogai’s works was also published and he has been mentioned in thirty two books. In sum, regarding the studies on Ogai and his fictions, mainly the Hangul generation consisting of Choi, Jaechul, Yu, Jinwoo, Gwon, Taemin, Song, Hyeonsun, Lee, Giseop, and Kim, Okji has continued the tradition of Ogai scholarship since 1985. “Takasebune(高瀬舟)” is the mostly translated work and "The Abe Clan(阿部一族)" is a short story on which has been the most widely studied. The researches have been mainly done on Ogai’s initial trilogy including historical fictions and "The Dancing Girl(舞姫)”, etc. This is the result of recognizing Ogai’s exemplary achievements and it is also encouraging to observe that various thematic researches and the comparative studies between Ogai’s works and Korean Literature have been published. Future tasks include a need to translate Ogai’s works of other genres than short fiction such as criticism, essays, poetry, and drama, to spread more thematic study and to eventually integrate the studies on Ogai and his works into a biography and more books. Considering Ogai’s contributions such as translating the Western trend of thoughts, and creative writing and the aspects shown in Ogai’s works that we can relate to Korean literature, the possibility of a more extensive and in-depth comparative literature studies open. Comparative study of the relationship will give us chances to check what is unique in Korean literature as well as what is recreated out of Japanese influence.