단행본의 ‘표제’ 분석을 통해서 살펴본 ‘신소설’의 양식화 가능성

Abstract

The term "shin-soseol" has been mainly used as literature type in Korea. Recent studies claim that "shin-soseol" means just a new novel, and such view is gaining momentum. This paper aims to overcome the differences in the views based on factual evidence and examine whether the term could be used to refer to a literature type (narrative). To this end, the paper classifies the term "shin-soseol" in the documents, especially the book titles from the late 1900s to 1930s so as to see how it was used and understood then. Newspapers, advertisement and criticism during the period will also be examined to see how the then writers and readers took its meaning. Based on such process, this study tries to draw a new meaning of "shin-soseol".