한국연극 : 소설의 연극화에 나타난 공연성 연구를 위한 시론 - << 한씨연대기 >> 와 << 슬픔의 노래 >> 를 중심으로 본 한국현대연극의 경우 = A Study on Theatricality in Dramatic Adaptation of Novels

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This article deals with two important examples of adaptation in 1980-90s, Mr. Han`s Chronicle (novel written by Hwang, Suk-Young, adapted by Theater group Youn-Woo, directed by Kim, Suk-Man) and Sad Song(novel written by Jung, Chan, adapted by Oh, Eun-Hee, directed by Kim, Dong-Soo). The purpose is to contemplate theatricality in the process of adaptation from novels to theater. Both of them are based on serious novels having social theme. The adaptations aim at provoking energy and aura that we can feel only in the performance, keeping the themes of novels. In Mr. Han`s Chronicle, the chronological trait of the novel itself is helpful to adapt for Brecht epic theater. New documentary scenes about historical background are inserted to get open dramatic structure. On the contrary, the adaptation method of Sad Song is to condense the novel, omitting some characters and making new coherent structure. Despite this different point, these two works are in common in terms of the pursuit of anti-realistic theater. In the process from adaptation script to practical performance, these two examples achieve theatricality that we can not experience in the literature, using the imagination of non-representative stage and focusing on efficient acting. That theatricality is connected with the intention to realize the concept of anti-realism in western drama, especially epic theater and poor theater, and apply it to Korean theater. However these two works still include the aspect of realism drama. Because they have scapegoat image of main characters and retrospective emotional mood. We don`t need regard this ambivalence as a weak point. The mixture of anti-realistic aspect and realistic aspect can be understood as a phenomenon of current Korean theater rather than as an aesthetical failure.