일제강점기 기이(奇異)와 괴이(怪異)의 유통과 변화 -『매일신보(每日新報)』 기담(奇談)·괴담(怪談)을 중심으로-

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to track the aspect of the branching theory at the time by attaching the headings of ‘strange story(奇談)’ and ‘ghost story(怪談)’ to Maeil Shinbo published in the Japanese colonial era and organizing and analyzing the discourse. As a methodology to achieve the research purpose, prior research review, contemporary literature comparison, and cultural sociology theory were applied. Maeil Shinbo grouped amazing, strange, or strange things into ‘strange’ and published them sporadically, regardless of the type of sentence, narrative method, and fact. Among them, “Mangogidam”, “Sasanggidam”, and “Deunghagidam” are stories in the form of novels involving professional writer competencies. The “Ghost Stories” series expands the subject matter to Chinese classics, Japanese motifs, and actual events. In terms of form, it is close to modern novels in terms of length, plot composition, and narrative method. Since then, it has been consistently followed by sections by theme of the New Year’s special, short stories, editorials, and “Ghost Story Special.” Choi Nam-sun’s “Animal Ghost Story”, “Change Ghost Story”, and “Strange story” are meaningful in that they laid the foundation for the genre and presented the phenomenon and causality of transition between times at a time when the concept of historical divergence and influence relations was ambiguous. During the modern period of formation, the history of mysterious stories in Joseon was an overall genre experiment that combined traditional stories, stories, and bizarre domestic and foreign events with new forms to seek acceptance. The identification and meaning of ‘strange’ distributed by leading media at the time will supplement the modern identity of the genre and contribute to future discussions by presenting the basis for the extension, inclusion, and standards of Korean monster culture, which has recently begun to be in the spotlight in the cultural arena. In addition, efforts should be made to lay the foundation for the convergence of the cultural industry by discovering and meaningful ghost story data in the blind spot of interest.