조연현론

Jo, Yeon-hyun Theory

  This manuscript can be reviewed on the basis of Jo, Yeon-hyun"s views about existentialism that formed the main current in Korean literature in 1950 among the literary criticism. It was Jo, Yeon-hyun that asked what the criticism was and devoted himself to that question for the first time. His attitude showed up apparently when he argued with Jung, Myoung-hwan on the controversy over the existentialism. The argument for the existentialism can"t be skipped in 1950"s Korean literature and the history of the criticism. Consequently, Jo, Yeon-hyun who wanted to establish the identity of the criticism was interested in this dispute. At that time, Jung, Myoung-hwan"s plain text was published which confuted Jo"s paper about the existentialism. Jung asserted that the original text should be read substantially to understand the existentialism correctly. On the other hand, Jo contended that idiomatic critics should be valued by their physiology and he understood the existentialism in physiology criticism views. The essential reason of the discrepancy in opinions was that Jung overlooked Jo"s physiology criticism that was based on the critic"s intuitive power for the writings.