20세기 초 대일 기행가사와 동경(東京) 표상의 변모 = A Study on the GiHaengGaSa of the early 20th Century and the Transition in the Representation of Tokyo (東京): focusing on Yu Il Lok and Dong Yu Gam Hung Lok

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The two works of GiHaengGaSa written about the journey to Japan in the early 20th century, Yu Il Lok and Dong Yu Gam Hung Lok reveal a significant change in the representation of Tokyo. While the tradition of GiHaengGaSa during the late Chosun dynasty accounts for the expressional similarity, the range of observation and the way of description differ in the two works as the perspective towards Tokyo has shifted its focus on modernity. Yu Il Lok describes the admiration towards Tokyo as a modernized city, however its recognition and range of description is confined to visual representation. The narrator has limits in the subjects of his observation for he travels Tokyo as one of Korean empire`s envoys isolated in the international political scene. On the contrary, the narrator of Dong Yu Gam Hung Lok is an official inspectorate who could observe Tokyo in the perspective of Japan as opposed to that of Chosun despite his Korean nationality. He is able to describe not only the city`s appearance but also the modernized system, function of each government office and details of legal process. In their perspective towards Tokyo represented in Yu Il Lok and Dong Yu Gam Hung Lok, the latter emphasizes the awe evoked by modernity. Abolishing the biased view on the Japanese, it accepts a more open-minded perspective to embrace everyday life as well. Dong Yu Gam Hung Lok claims its significance in the history of Korean literature as it attempts individual comprehension from proactive observation of the modern city and also visualizes the scenes of everyday life in the genre of Gasa.