坊刻本 小說의 檢閱本과 納本에 대한 硏究

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to deal with classic novels’ censored edition and nap-bon, censorship process, and change resulted from censorship. Compared with modern or contemporary literature, classic novels have not been discussed in terms of these points. A series of these matters related to classic novels need to be discussed in order to examine the censorship of literary publications during the colonial era in general. This study has examined the status of censored editions and nap-bon in Seoul National University’s Gyujanggak and National Library of Korea and the aspects and types of censorship. Through the research, several aspects have been found. Chinese-written novels seem to have been passed censorship without any particular problems. Also, when republished in hwalpan-bon, they passed censorship and became published easily with no particular problems. Meanwhile, compared to Chinese editions, Hangul banggak-bon novels indicate some other aspects. First of all, we can find that when publishers submitted a large amount of censored editions (manuscript forms) for publication, not all books were censored but only some particular works were selected to conduct censorship selectively. Also, in some cases, only one censored edition (manuscript form) was submitted commonly for two publications, and the same permission was gotten for each publication. In fact, among the cases of classic novels’ censorship, Hannamseorim’s <Imjanggunjeon> received an order of censorship to omit “Daemyeong” or “The Country of Chosun”. However, when making nap-bon, those parts were not omitted but covered with white paper to get an approval of publication. Regarding banggak-bon novels, when performing censorship, only the division of the Japanese Government General of Korea in charge of it conducted censorship, and in the actual process of publication, they were distributed with no improvement in that condition. Considering these cases, we can assume that compared with modern or contemporary literature, classic novels went through censorship rather roughly, and classic novels’ censorship followed only some fixed rules, but it was, in fact, different from the actual distribution of publications.