『어린이』부록 말판의 탈식민 상상력 -‘조선’과 ‘세계’ 관련 말판을 중심으로-

Abstract

This study is a basic study on the appendix malpan[board game] of Eorini [Children] magazine, the purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics and orientation of the Malpan that advocated ‘Chosun’ and ‘the World’ among the 14 malpans. By referring to the malpan play method introduced in the magazine, the specific implementation situation of the extant malpan, and other materials from Eorini, we reconstructed what and how it would have been implemented in the undiscovered malpan that represented ‘Chosun’ and ‘the World’. In addition, by comparing the Japanese board game(日本 双六), which was most likely referenced by Bang Jeong–hwan, who invented the malpan, we considered that the malpan of Eorini was an adaptation of the original, and furthermore, a new invention. Malpan, which represents ‘Chosun’, visualized the ‘Korean Peninsula’ as the imaginary geography of Chosun in response to the colonial power’s distorted history education, geography education, and governance method that forced internalization of colonial rules. In addition, these malpans were used as a venue for memory struggles about the nation’s history, great people, and culture. Malpans, which advocates the ‘world’, were used as a place to learn the advanced world based on curiosity and inquiry about the world and expand the modern sense and perception of ‘oexistence’ that it is cross–connected with the ‘world’. The appendix of Eorini, which stands for ‘Chosun’ and ‘the world’, captured the imagination of post–colonialism so that children could grow into the main force of the nation–state delayed by colonial rule. Eorini Appendix malpans are a representative toy of modern children’s play culture that embodies the spirit of children’s movement as a national movement and the ‘fun and benefit’ aimed by the magazine Eorini.