근대시가의 ‘불온성’과 식민지 검열－『諺文新聞の詩歌』(1931)의 분석

Abstract

This paper intends to comprehensively elucidate the mechanism between authority and media, and between literature and the public in colony through analyzing The Poetry in Korean-Language Newspapers compiled by Publications Department of Police Bureau in the Government- general. This source book, The Poetry in Korean-Language Newspapers, was a result from the objectification process of setting censorship criteria for the poetry literature in colonial Korea. The criteria of censorship became indispensable, due to the expanding political disquieting resonance from the poetry connotation, caused by increasing relationship between poetry literature and media and the people of colonial Korea. Especially, there was situation perception for rapid intimacy between literary sphere and socialism through the medium of poetry in print media. In that sense, The Poetry in Korean-Language Newspapers would be an important document reflecting structural conflict and contradiction of culture phenomena carried out in various forms. Compilation of this source book made the moment to enforce the censorship policy in colonial Korea. On the basis of these criteria, a large number of poems must have been censored or excluded. However, through setting criteria, could it be ever possible to perfectly control the ‘disturbingness’ of poetry in colony? This paper aims to construct a theoretic hypothesis for elucidating this doubt.