This thesis will examine Kim Jingu's Yadam movement from the late 1920's to 1930's. He supervised the Yadam movement, and published many adams in newspapers and magazines.
Kim Jingu's life is divided into three parts; misfortune in his childhood; enli...
This thesis will examine Kim Jingu's Yadam movement from the late 1920's to 1930's. He supervised the Yadam movement, and published many adams in newspapers and magazines.
Kim Jingu's life is divided into three parts; misfortune in his childhood; enlightened activism in his young adulthood; and NaeSeonIlChe activist in the prime of his life. He admired Kim Okgyun. He insisted on the civilization of culture. The limitation of NaeSeonIlche activity felt during the Yadam movement brought about a consciousness of change through enlightened activism.
The Yadam movement in the late 1920's claimed to stand for the edification and amusement of people. It focused on <Joseon Yadam Sa>. It tried the people's history education as a sound amusement. The early Yadam movement, received an exuberant welcome from people. However, it changed character and focused on the amusement in the early 1930's, due to the oppressive measures of Japan and the amusement tastes of the public.
Kim Jingu's Yadam movement is the Yadam of history focused on the historical characters. The content greatly emphasizes the royal spirit of devoting their lives for the conquest of a national crisis, such as the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592. Other critical issues include a semi-feudalistic idea satired in the social system of eccentric people in the late Joseon period, the civilization and enlightenment sprit of a modern reformer. It set fire under the people's interests on their stories colored by the amusements in various ways.
Kim Jingu tried the popularization of the Yadam movement in various narration techniques. He described Yadam in Korean mark and in an oral narration, so the people could easily approach it. The introduction of Yadam described 'Damnoe' and improved the meaning. Also, he induced the public interest through scene description, conversation expansion, double title establishment, and irregular sequence development.
Yadam movement in the late 1920's has given a correct understanding of Yadam to the people. Kim Jingu also restored Yadam's oral narration. On the other hand,
the Yadam movement used a means of making Kim Okgyun as a hero. Yadam's purpose was the edification and amusement. It was described through anecdote, so it raised narration. It expanded the detailed descriptions borrowed from the original form of the previous Yadam. In this point, it showed that the previous Yadam succeeded.
Yadam's literal meaning in the late 1920's was that a change from nobleman's literature to public arts; the affect of the history novel, a new creation and recording in books.