두 작가를 동일인물로 혼동한 문학사적 오류 - 아동문학가 고한승과 다다이스트 고한용의 생애 고찰 중심으로 -

Abstract

This paper investigates and reconstitutes the lives and literary activities of Han-Seung Ko, a children's book writer, and Han-Yong Ko, a dadaist, who were mistakenly identified as the same author in the previous studies. The mistake has persisted since Korean liberation up until now. It is in the history of poetry, particularly in the studies of modernism and dadaism, that the two authors have been regarded as the same person. Since Hwa Im initiated the flawed history in 1940, Yoon-Sik Kim and other Korean writers reproduced it throughout 1970s and 1990s. And more recently, even foreign writers such as Yosikawa Nagi has repeated the same mistake. This shows dramatically how mistakes made in preceding studies are followed blindly by younger generations, without any positive efforts to verify the truth. Han-Seung Ko, a children's book writer, was born in Gae-Sung as the first son of Do-Hoo Ko in 27 August 1902. He used his own name Han-Seung Ko and a pseudonym Seowon when writing fairy tales and novels; a pen name Komabu when writing poems and dramas; and another pseudonym Pobing when writing essays. He was the former president of 'Song-Do Aviation Company' just before Korean liberation. But soon after liberation, he was accused of a pro-Japanese collaborator by the special committee to investigate anti-national acts, although having made at the same time an invaluable contribution to the history of literature by reviving the publication of 『Euh-rin-i』(Children). He died in Busan, 29 October 1949. Han-Yong Ko, a dadaist, was born in Gae-Sung as the second son of Seok-Hoo Ko in 23 July 1903. He wrote under a pen name of Kodada. He came to be familiar with Dadaism while studying in Japan; invited some Japanese dadaists to Korea, and contributed in this way to the first introduction of Dadaism to Korean literature. Since his marriage, he stopped writing and devoted himself to the ordinary life of a business man as well as a responsible husband. He died in Seoul, 23 October 1983. As it shows, Han-Seung Ko and Han-Yong Ko are completely different authors.