1950 년대 한국 희곡에 나타난 가정문제 고찰 = The Family Image Shown in the Postwar Plays in the 1950s

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The post-Korean war plays in the 1950s expressed very clearly such pictures of social impact as the deconstruction of families and the collapse of traditional view of values caused by the terrible war. This paper aims to examine the figures and problems of families and family system in the postwar plays of such playwrights of new generatin in the 1950s as Cha Bum-Suk, Lim Hee-Jae, Ha Yoo-Sang, and Lee Yong-Chan. Lim Hee-Jae showed in a modified realist style the miserable and poor circumstances of the postwar period. In addition, he dealt with the conflict between traditional Oriental rule and new Westerm view of values. He suggested that the traditional view of family should be changed with age, showing a sympathetic view of the characters` moral degradation for survival. Ha Yoo-Sang wrote plays of manners focused on free love and discord between parents and children brewing for the young men`s marriage. Therefore, his plays were clearly influenced by American culture supporting individualism and free love. Cha Bum-Suk described in a close technique of realism the deconstruction of families and the conflict between old and new generation spawn by the war. Nevertheless, he advocated the view of families centered on the patriarchal rights through his plays. Lee Yong-Chan described the confrontation between father and son and the deconstruction of family relationship and traditimal values resulted from the war. Still he showed a view that the traditional view of family based on blood ties is a key to solid society. All these things considered, the family image described in the plays of 1950s can be thought of as a microcosm of the postwar society begeting such a variety of problems as the conflict between old and new values, the discord between old and new gmeration, the hard struggle for survival, and the changes of societal customs and morality. In this aspect, the postwar plays showed mainly the conflicts between traditional view of family and American individualism.