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Abstract

The Second Half of the Period Dongin s

Recognition of Reality
Focusing on In-Hwan Park

Kang, An

Purpose of this study is to reconsider Dongin at The second half of

the period that did the leading role for Modernism in the 1950 s and
historic position of In-Hwan Park in poetry who did central role for
formation of Dongin. Poems of the Modernism in the 1950 s must be
argued from different point of view from those at the 1930 s.
Modernism movement in the 1950 s being made mainly by Dongin at
The second half of the period had its root in reality and obtained
concreteness. Problems of ideology and existence through the 6 25
Korean War, interest and introspection of human being made them
take pains in forming the ruined city and depression of death as poetic
metaphor by means of modernistic language through concrete
recognition of reality. Because they couldn t but accept reality as fate
of the times, poems of modernism in the 1950 s were using such
situations of the times as various sources. And such aspects would
become points discriminating from the modernism in the 1930 s to
the modernism in the 1950 s. Dongins at The second half of the
period criticized the modernism in the 1930 s, which emphasized
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only poetic language and techniques by applying theory of BritishAmerican Imagism, and argued their difference. Therefore, in this
study, the researcher understood Dongins at The second half of the
period

as the latecomer of the modernism in the 1930 s, and as the

result of examining historic position of In-Hwan Park in poetry who

was at the center of Dongin s activities, through his poems, the
researcher could confirm that he opened a new world of Korean
modernism being differentiated from the modernism in the 1930 s and
became motive power to show possibility of extending and deepening
modern poems thereafter. Nevertheless, the reason that his poems
haven t been evaluated properly but devaluated in the meantime
seems to be because of the influence of literary journalists and SooYoung Kim. Publication of a writing about devaluating In-Hwan Park
by Soo-Young Kim who did activities of Dongin for New Poetics
together with In-Hwan Park and had friendly relation with him, and
influence of Soo-Young Kim s followers taking advantage thereof
could become some reasons for devaluating In-Hwan Park s poems.
Even though his poems were not able to overcome some limitations,
the aspects that he denied traditional lyric poetry and his experimental
spirit trying to open a new world, and aspects of accepting reality
actively without neglecting it must be evaluated properly. Short life
of In-Hwan Park who left us without living the whole period s of
1950 s didn t allow him to have time to grope for new direction
unlikely as Soo-Young Kim who could remain as a symbol of the
participating poem in the 1960 s. However, his poetic walk left a
footprint that wouldn t be meaningless at all for history of poetry in
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the 1950 s. And thereby, we can t deny that he was a hero who did a
bridge role between the modernism in the 1930 s and recent postmodernism poetry.

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