일제강점기 유완희의 시 세계 고찰 (A Study on Yu Wan-hee’s poems on Japanese Imperialism)

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 우리문학회
· 수록지 정보 : 우리문학연구 / 53호 / 179 ~ 208페이지
· 저자명 : 맹문재

초록

유완희 시인은 일제의 강압적인 통치 아래에서 신음하는 조선의 민중들을 발견하고 그들과 연대하는 시 세계를 추구했다. 특히 열악한 임금 및 노동 조건과 민족적인 차별로 인해 착취 받고 있는 노동자 계급과 함께했다. 유완희 시인이 작품 활동을 활발하게 전개한 1920년대 중반부터는 노동자들이 계급성을 자각해 자연발생적이고 분산적인 이전의 노동운동보다 조직적이고 위력적인 모습을 띠었다. 이 논문에서는 그의 「거지」,「享樂市場」, 「女職工」, 「街頭의 宣言」, 「民衆의 行列」, 「우리들의 詩」 등의 시작품을 통해 일제에 대항하는 면을 살펴보았다.
그동안 제대로 조명 받지 못한 유완희의 시 세계는 복원할 가치가 분명하다. 민중 계급의 등장을 발견하고 민중과의 연대를 추구한 유완희의 작품들은 일제강점기의 시 문학사에서, 특히 1920년대의 카프 시 형성에서 주목할 만한 것이다. 3․1운동의 실패에 따른 눈물과 애수와 어둠의 세계를 노래한 병적 낭만주의 시를 민족의 모순과 계급의 모순에 대한 자각을 통해 극복하려고 등장한 카프 시의 형성에 그 나름대로 기여한 것이다.

영어초록

Yu Wan-hee was an important poet in the days when Korea was under the control of Japanese Imperialism. During that time, Yu Wan-hee and his works were well known, whereas, more recently it appears he has been forgotten. Therefore, this paper aims to rediscover Yu Wan-hee’s works on Japanese Imperialism. Yu Wan-hee was born in Yongin, Yeonggi-do and graduated from Gyeongseong Law College (now, Seoul National University Law College). He wrote some very advanced popular movement poems such as “Beggar,” “Enjoyment Market,” “Woman Factory Hand,” “Street Declaration,” “Parade of People,” and so on.
Yu Wan-hee pursued resistance to Japan and pro-Japanese groups with Korean people, especially the working classes in order to gain national liberation in his poems. He realized that the liberation of Korea was possible by means of struggle against Japan and pro-Japanese groups through solidarity with Korean people. He sought for absolute freedom via the independence of Korea. That is why he actively opposed Japanese Imperialism.
After the mid-1930s, the oppressive rule of the Japanese was strengthened. Japan invaded China and nations of Southeast Asia, displaying murderous and aggressive ways. During that time, Korean people's pain, anxiety, frustration, hopelessness, sadness, anger, and difficulties increased and worsened. However, the historical consciousness of Yu Wan-hee and Korean people simultaneously increased and strengthened. Yu Wan-hee was one of the national pride and popular psychology poets of that time.
This paper aims to analyze the features found in the poems of Yu Wan-hee, for he was not only a prominent fighter for independence but also a successful poet, journalist, and literary critic during the Japanese colonial days. After the 3․1 Independence Movement, Yu Wan-hee accepted the struggle of the social classes and political conflict in order to acquire the national liberation in his poems. Yu Wan-hee recognized that the liberation of Korea was possible only by means of an intensive and conjoint struggle against the Japanese.

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