金来成と日本の探偵文壇

Kim Nae-sung and the Japanese detective literary world Focusing on “play,” the motif of the novel The Murder of a Detective Novelist

探偵小説の父と称される金来成は、植民地時代、日本の早稲田大学での留学経験を有している。彼は、少年時代だけではなく、留学期の日本においても世界及び日本の文学や探偵小説を耽読し、その造詣も深い人物である。そして、金来成は留学中に日本語作品｢楕円形の鏡｣を日本の探偵雑誌ぷろふいるに発表してデビューしている。金来成の出発点とも言える日本の探偵小説界での経験は、彼の探偵文学を理解する上で重要な意味を持っていると考える。本論文では、金来成の日本語創作｢楕円形の鏡｣や｢探偵小説家の殺人｣、そして初期評論を中心にして、それらのテクストに1930年代における日本の探偵小説界の話題がいかに書きこまれているのかを考察する。とくに｢探偵小説家の殺人｣における演劇というモチーフに注目して、当時の探偵小説界で話題となっていた｢本格／変格｣論争や、探偵小説におけるリアリズムに関する議論が、どのように描かれているのかを明らかにする。

Kim Nae-sung studied abroad at Waseda University during the colonial period. He had a profound knowledge about detective novels as he had enjoyed reading them in his youth and devoured Japanese literature and detective novels from all over the world during his studies in Japan. He made his debut as a writer in the Japanese literary world with his publication An Oval Mirror(1935.3) in the magazine Profuiru(Profile, in English). Thus, the experience of being in the Japanese detective literary world, which can be said to be the beginning of his career as a detective novelist, is very important for understanding his novels.　This paper will contemplate how situations of the Japanese detective novel world were portrayed in the 1930s in his literature, focusing on An Oval Mirror, The Murder of a Detective Novelist(1935.12), and his essays. In particular, it will consider how the debate over [‘Honkaku(本格)’/ ‘Henkaku(変格) ’], or realism, which were hot topics within the Japanese detective novel world, is described focusing on “play,” the motif of the novel The Murder of a Detective Novelist.　As reevaluation of Kim Nae-sung has been ongoing not only in Korea, but also in Japan, it is necessary to reconsider theories of his literature and his theory of realism.