최소월의 시에 나타난 근대 인식 고찰 (A Study on modern awareness of Choi So-Wol's poems)

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 한국비평문학회
· 수록지 정보 : 비평문학 / 54호 / 173 ~ 202페이지
· 저자명 : 맹문재

초록

최소월은 1892년 경기도 시흥에서 태어났는데 이름은 승구(承九)였다. 보성전문학교에서 수학한 뒤 1914년 일본으로 건너가 게이오대학에 입학했다. 1914년~1915년 재일본 조선 유학생 학우회의 기관지인 『학지광』에 시작품 「지엄의 勇士」를 비롯해 4편의 산문을 발표했고 25편의 유고시를 남겼다.
최소월의 시에 나타난 근대 인식으로는 우선 자유연애를 들 수 있다. 그의 자유연애는 「美」나 「湖에 蝶」에서 확인할 수 있는데, 기존의 관습이나 제도에 대항해 개인의 자유를 추구하고 개성을 발휘하는 것이었다. 최소월의 시에 나타난 또 다른 근대 인식은 민족 해방의 추구였다. 일제는 조선의 의병들을 대대적으로 토벌하면서 외교권의 박탈, 토지와 재산의 약탈, 독립운동의 탄압, 언론 및 출판의 검열 등을 시행했는데 최소월은 「지엄의勇士」나 「博士王仁의 무덤」 등으로 대항했다.
최소월의 근대 인식은 근대 자유시의 형성에 기여했다는 점에서 의의를 갖는다. 최남선과 이광수가 주도한 계몽기의 시문학을 근대 자유시의 형식과 세계인식으로 극복해낸 것이다. 이 논문에서는 지금까지 본격적으로 연구되지 않은 최소월의 시에 나타난 근대 인식을 그의 작품들을 통해 고찰해보았다.

영어초록

Choi So-Wol(1892∼1917) published a poem and four prose in Hakjigwng and twenty five poems his poem collection. Hakjigwng was published by Korean students in Japan, from 1914 to 1930(Vol. 29). In those days, as Korea was under the control of Japanese imperialism. Hakjigwng was very important in the history of modern Korean literature. Korean students discovered aesthetic cognition under the collapsed circumstances of their society.
Choi So-Wol is an important poet at that time. But he has been forgotten and his life has not been unknown to the world until now. This paper aims to rediscover his works and his life. Choi So-Wol was born in Siheung, Gyeonggi-do and graduated from Bosung School and went to Japan for study. In Japan, he acted in Hakjigwng and wrote a very advanced modern free style of poem such as ‘Belgium's brave soldier’. He returned home because of pulmonary tuberculosis from Keio University and died in spite of medical treatment.
Choi So-Wol fell in love with Rah Hye-seok(1896～1948), with whom he cooperated about discussing literature, modernization, and independence movement. Rah Hye-seok was born in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do and graduated from Jinmyeong girls' high school and went to Japan for study. She was a well known poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, and western painter in Korea. But Choi So-Wol failed to marry Rah Hye-seok due to his early death.
Choi So-Wol pursued resistance to Japan with Korean people in order to obtain national liberation in his works. He recognized that the liberation of Korea was possible only through struggle against Japan. He sought for absolute freedom of all human-beings through national liberation. That is why he opposed the Japanese imperialism. Consequently, what he really wanted was independence of Korea.

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