유치진 희곡의 인물형상화 연구 -해방 전에 발표한 장막극을 중심으로- = A Study on The Dramatic Characterization of Yoo Chi-Jin`s 4 Plays

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This is a study upon the changing aspects of main characters characterized in the 4 plays of Yoo Chi-Jin, `Cow`, `Kaegol mount`, `Black dragon river` and `Date tree`, which were released in the late 1930s through the early 1940s. The Protagonist of each play are all youths in their twenties. However, those in `Cow` and `Kaegol Mount` are outsiders who fails to search for bright light in the darkness, and in contrast, those in `Black dragon river` and `Date tree` are changed to characters that have survived all kinds of plights, and on the basis of that, are planning new hopes. Therefore, the dreams and plans that the Protagonist of "the national plays" cherished in the beginning of the plays come true finally and the plays come to have happy endings. These characters can be categorized into "old youth" and "new youth" in the aspects of the Japanese Fascist government`s full mobilization policy. In the end, the Protagonist of "the national plays" proceed to be the ideal figures who realize the beliefs of royalty and allegiance and the colonization of Chosun and the right of public management of the South East area, in accordance with the Japanese policy of full mobilization in time of war. In `Cow`, a man-servant is placed in the front as a Antagonist, but the pro-Japan land owner and Japanese forces exert a great influence hiding in the back of the stage. In `Kaegol mount`, a party close to Wangkun, a antagonist, is described to oppress the Shilla Kingdom and take over the nation finally. In this way, the intentions or plans of these reactionary men are all realized. But in `Black Dragon River` and `Date Tree`, antagonistic forces are described as a group or obstacles that the main characters should eliminate one by one. Moreover, these forces opposing to the Protagonist cannot dominate or oppress those main character on top of them no longer. They are changed to be the objects to be overcome or improved. When we summarize the change of the dynamic relations between the Protagonist and the Antagonist, the former was inferior to the latter in the tragic plays of the 1930s, but in the melodramatic plays of the 1940s, the former is superior to the latter.