한문의 서사전통과 근대계몽기 신문의 서사

Abstract

This essay illuminates the relatedness between the narrative styles taken into the articles in newspapers of the modern enlightenment period and the traditional narrative style of the classical Chinese writing. The modern narrative style found in the newspapers, especially in editorial article and miscellanies sections, cannot be regarded entirely as a modern product but as a style resulted from altering traditional narrative style of the classical Chinese writing. Short length of an article, narrative style, and transcribing style in the modern newspapers of the enlightenment period are all to be found in the traditional narrative style of the classical Chinese writing. Such styles gave influence to the formation of the early Korean modern novels. This essays argues that the narrative tradition of the classical Chinese literature has been transplanted in the modern narratives and it contributed to the advent of modern short novels.