해방 이후 신문의 변화와 ‘회고’라는 양식: 1948년 이후 동아일보와 경향신문 회고의 양식적 성격을 중심으로

Abstract

This paper examines the 'newspaper reminiscence' in the ten years between 1945 and 1955 as a style of writing, distinguishing it from a typical memoir or reminiscences on other types of media. By comparing them, the hypothesis that there had been considerable changes in the newspaper's reminiscence both in content and in form after the liberation has been able to be supported by several cases of reminiscences. Through this process, it was confirmed that significant changes were seen in these types of articles published through the newspapers from 1945 to 1955. For that, several crucial and historical events like the liberation of 1945, the establishment of a single government in 1948, and the outbreak and cease-fire of the Korean War in 1950 and 1953 served as important factors. The criteria for classification for the newspaper reminiscences during this period can be characterized into four types, which can then be determined as follows: 1) the change in the aspect of the writing subject, 2) the increase of the description and narration of the personal experiences and actions of the author him/herselves, 3) the increase of the aspect of rhetorical writing, 4) the increase of defense/congratulation of a particular group or criticism/criticism of a particular group, 5) the establishment of the aspect of the method of the struggle for political and symbolic hegemony in the period. Through this process, the 'reminiscence' as a style became to played an important role in newspapers since 1945, and differed in content and form from the retrospective forms of the previous era. It was the establishment of an independent government in 1948 and the Korean War that served as an important variable here, and it was discovered that liberation in 1945 did not have as much influence as thought in this process. Circulations in the Dong-A Ilbo and the Kyunghyang Shinmun show a difference in form between 1948 and 1950. This is due to the different media ideologies in each newspaper about the formation of the '48 system'. This has been linked to the intense struggle over the right to define the meaning of the establishment of a single government and to the direct participation of daily newspapers. Through these facts, we can see how deeply related the writing style was to the media's ideology and policy, and the environment of the discourse struggle.