N. 프라이 장르론이 한국문학 장르론에 미친 영향 - 김준오를 중심으로

A Study of the Influence of the Theory of Genre of N. Frye on the Theory of Genre of Korean Literature - On the Focus of Jun-oh Kim

  The theory of genre of Jun-oh Kim has been studied in the respect of the history of effect in this thesis. Even thought there have been lots of theorists of genre who have influenced on the his work, this thesis rather focused the effect of theory of genre of N. Frey on that of Kim. It is confirmed that the theory of N. Frey has given a considerable influence on the search of theory genre or the discussion of historical genre of Kim. Most of all, his theological search for the form of presentation which is the importance aspect of the theory of genre is wholly based on the theory which was presented by N. Frye. The reason Kim was especially interested in this form was that the change of the form of the presentation brings about the change of the genre, which was neglected in the study of genre in Korean literature. The argument of the mixture genre was also the one of the important contents which Kim quoted from N. Frye.   What is cardinal in the theory of genre of Kim is however that he does not accept the theory of N. Frye in one-sided. He rather recognizes some limits and problems of the theory of N. Frye and accept it critically. Following parts are the points that Kim puts under consideration of the theory of genre of N. Frye critically.    (1) The theory of genre requires the discussion of both theological and historical genre but the theory of N. Frye lacks the historical concept of genre.    (2) The theory of N. Frye is lucid, delicate and original but toppled down on the Christian Evangelism so that he could not escape the limit of scientific and evangelic ambition as Paul Hernadi commented.    (3) The discord between the theory and the reality which naturally came from the schematism of the theory of genre, the lack of logical coherence and inequality are pointed out.   These finding out of problems is meaningful as it is the critical acceptance of the theory of genre of N. Frye. In the field of study of Korean literature, the genre study is vulnerable. The significance of the study of genre of Kim can not be denied because the work he has done was the proposition of the importance of the critic of the genre. Therefore the systematic study about it makes an opportunity to revitalize the genre study in Korean literature. I expect that the new chance can be prepared through effect study of other effect elements on the basis of the theory of genre of Korean literature.   The study of genre of Kim is not limited to the theory of genre. It is because that he practices the systematization of historical genre with the research of theological genre. The understanding of the theory of the genre of Kim will contribute to the frame of reference which reveals the character of field of Korean literature which accelerates the dismantle of genre. In other words, it presents the foundation which can explain the root of literature phenomenon which is diversified such as mixture genre, anti genre, super genre. That his discussion of historical genre is limited at certain period is, however, the assignment which should be done by the younger scholars. Even though his genre is standing on the continuity and diversity, the change is rather focused because of the limit of the discussion of specific period. The tasks are left that the theory of genre of N. Frye is too toppled down on the scheme as much as the theory of genre of Jun-oh Kim on the structure.