뉴 크리티시즘 다시 읽기: 일제 강점기 이후 서양문학이론 수입의 반성적 입장에서 (New Criticism Reconsidered: A Critical Approach to Western Literary Theories Imported since the Japanese Colonial Rule of Korea)

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초록

This paper examines the western literary theories and experiments which have been imported since the period of Japanese colonial rule over Korea, particularly the New Criticism. A number of literary theories manufactured in Europe have been accepted in uncritical terms. For example, New Criticism, originally sprouted by British critics but revised in American literary soil, was misunderstood at the time of its import.
Professor Yoonsik Kim points out that the very theory was introduced by a well-known professor cum critic, Chul Baek, who stayed in the US as a visiting scholar for about a year in the 1950s. However, his introduction and understanding of New Criticism was not only superficial but partially misunderstood as well. It was Professor Jong-Gil Kim Who clearly understood that very theory and further analysed the Korean poetries of the 1950s and the 1960s in terms of New Criticism. Accepting the theory, however, Professor Jong-Gil Kim warned us of a critical attitude when we import foreign-made literary theories. In a number of cases, he says that the western literary theories imported after the period of the Japanese colonial rule of Korea have been misunderstood and misapplied.
Now we live in a global era in which we cannot avoid exchange between many distinct cultures and their characteristics. But we have to bear in mind that we should accept foreign-made literary theories in terms of a critical spirit with our cultural own backgrounds in mind.

영어초록

This paper examines the western literary theories and experiments which have been imported since the period of Japanese colonial rule over Korea, particularly the New Criticism. A number of literary theories manufactured in Europe have been accepted in uncritical terms. For example, New Criticism, originally sprouted by British critics but revised in American literary soil, was misunderstood at the time of its import.
Professor Yoonsik Kim points out that the very theory was introduced by a well-known professor cum critic, Chul Baek, who stayed in the US as a visiting scholar for about a year in the 1950s. However, his introduction and understanding of New Criticism was not only superficial but partially misunderstood as well. It was Professor Jong-Gil Kim Who clearly understood that very theory and further analysed the Korean poetries of the 1950s and the 1960s in terms of New Criticism. Accepting the theory, however, Professor Jong-Gil Kim warned us of a critical attitude when we import foreign-made literary theories. In a number of cases, he says that the western literary theories imported after the period of the Japanese colonial rule of Korea have been misunderstood and misapplied.
Now we live in a global era in which we cannot avoid exchange between many distinct cultures and their characteristics. But we have to bear in mind that we should accept foreign-made literary theories in terms of a critical spirit with our cultural own backgrounds in mind.

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