유치진 작 「원술랑」의 문예사적 위상에 관한 재고

Abstract

Yu Chijin's "Wonsulang" was performed as a commemorative work of the opening of the National Theater. Previous studies on this text have two limitations. One is a superficial understanding of the performance history since its premiere in 1950. Accurate research on the performance itself has not been sufficiently conducted. The other is the problem of narrow-mindedness that emerged from staying in public consideration regarding the creative background of "Wonsulang". In fact, a number of preceding studies have reduced the fact that writer Yoo Chi-jin was the first national theater and the political implications it evokes to an absolute criterion for reading the original and performances. As a result, the synchronic context of the creation of "Wonsulang", that is, the literary and historical understanding of the same motif, was overlooked. This study reexamined the literary and historical status of "Wonsulang" by assuming the following two key tasks. One, it is the performance company of "Wonsulang" by Shinhyup, an exclusive theater company of the National Theater. This describes the facts about the overall performance of "Wonsulang" based on the history of premiere and follow-up performances and the reviews of the theater at the time. One, it is a literary and historical genealogy of the play "Wonsulang". In this regard, the literary and historical genealogy of the so-called "Kim Won-sul Motif" is considered for the entire text of the same motif before "Wonsulang", including historical stories, novels, and performances based on this.