김억의 『신월』 연구

Abstract

Considering that Kim-eok’s translation of the 『Gitanjali』 and the 『lost pearl』 is direct translation, there is very high possibility that the 『Crescent』 is also a direct translation. Although this study exams whether there is an actual proof or not in advance. There are several Japanese-translated poems of Tagore’s 『Crescent』 in the 『Tagore’s verse and prose』 whish was published in 1915 by an Japanese. Therefore, this study examines whether Kim-eok’s translation of the 『Crescent』 is direct translation or nor by comparing Kim-eok’s translation with Japanese-poems in the 『Tagore’s verse and prose』. This exam shows that Kim-eok’s translation is direct translation and he do not consult the Japanese’s translation in Japanese. Moreover, his translation has excellence in understanding the main paragraph and configuring whole context of the original poem. In addition, this study focuses on the comparison to his former translation, 『Gitanjali』, at the point of his literary style. A comparison to the Japanese version of the 『Crescent』 by a Japanese also be done. Kim shows some characteristics such as dividing and making new sentence to avoid excessive modification, and using designation words. This a contrast to the former translation, because he translate long and complex sentence strictly to the original sentence in the 『Gitanjali』. He uses ‘short sentence’, ‘colloquial form’ and adequate words to express Korean style in the 『Crescent』. He also use ‘'the writing style’ of talking to a child to make that book to be suitable to ‘an anthology for children’.