1950��60?? ???? ?? ??? ? ?? (A Study on Development and Significance of Theory of Humor in 1950-60��s)

? ??? ?? ??????? ��??(�C�o, Humor/Humour)��? ??? ??? ??? ???? ??? ???? ? ??? ??. ????? 1950?60???? ????? ??? ?? ??? ??? ???? ????? ?, ? ???? ??? ???? ??? ?? ?????. ?? ?? 1950?60??? ????? ???? ?? ??? ? ??? ????, ?? ???? ??? ??? ?? ????? ???? ??? ????? ???? ?????? ??.
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The study aims to understand and explore how the theory of humor (�C�o) had become prominent as important literary characteristics in the history of Korean modern literature. As everyone knows, the Korean literature tradition was critically discussed in depth in 1950-60��s and that��s when the new concept, humor had a moment. The purpose of this study is to look at how the theory of humor developed, and its characteristics as suggested in 1950-60��s and find out how the literary set tried to identify Korean literature back then based on discussion.
The ��humor�� which came to the forefront from mid-1950��s was considered as a concept word that mediates classical literature and modern literature. Baek Chul strongly believed that the traditional value like ��humor�� can integrate classical literature with modern literature. Classical literature writers like Jung Byung-wook, Shin Yun-sang attempted to restore traditional characteristics of the humor accordingly. In addition, Kim Sa-yeob and Lee O-young tried to arrange the concept of humor systematically and established a theoretical foothold for the theory of humor which became prominent since 1960��s.
The ��humor�� was discussed in two primary aspects after 1960��s. Firstly, the ��humor�� was considered as significant characteristics that embrace specificity of Korean literature but also universality of the world literature. Such recognition became stronger with some events: joining International PEN in 1954, Nobel Prize in 1968 awarded to Yasunari Kawabata, and the 37th PEN International Congress in Seoul held and titled <Humour in Literature - East and West> in 1970. Secondly, the ��humor�� was thought as literary talent essentially required to overcome political dynamics in the country and abroad such as anticommunism and cold war. The agenda of the 37th PEN International Congress in Seoul in which many eastern countries engaged in was set as the ��humor�� and it explains why many argued that the polarized world can turn into ��the world of harmony�� through the humor.
As explained above, the concept of the humor in 1950-60��s was used widely used as a mechanism to settle problems arising from discontinuity between classical and modern literature, distance between specificity of Korean literature and universality of the world literature, and also political dynamics in the country and abroad such as anticommunism and cold war.