????? ��, ???? Moral (The Law of Conversion, the Moral of Kim Namcheon)

The purpose of this study is to explore the conversion of colonial Korea on the legal basis, and to comprehend Kim Namcheon��s moral as an attitude of a man who stands in front of law. The conversion is often understood as a defect in a negative sense, or regarded as a problem between nation and individual or nation and nation. However, we need to approach the conversion as the issue of application, interpretation and enforcement of the law. It is inevitable to study about colonial conversion with the law, because the conversion is a matter of adaptation to the legal system.
The ideal of modern law was distorted with the reinforcement of Japanese totalitarianism. The nation became the only executor of jurisdiction, and the law was tainted with the legal arbitrariness and the legal violence in this situation. Especially, the conversion policy targeted the heart of colonial intellectuals in the name of the law. The heroic mind of socialistic intellectuals disappeared, and self-contempt dominated their mind.
Kim Namcheon penetrated sharply the legal level surrounding the colonial conversion with his novels, like Water(��Mul��), Management(��Gyeongyeong��, Barley(��Maek��). He showed in these novels how a man take a stand when the conversion policy attacks in a form of legal binding force. In this context, Kim Namcheon��s discussion of ��Moral�� is regarded as the attitude of individuals before the law. Kim Namcheon comprehended the distinct feature of colonial conversion well than any writer of the last period of colonial Korea. Kim Namcheon��s case suggests that future works about colonial conversion is needed to pay carefully attention to the unique characteristics of the colonial law.

The purpose of this study is to explore the conversion of colonial Korea on the legal basis, and to comprehend Kim Namcheon��s moral as an attitude of a man who stands in front of law. The conversion is often understood as a defect in a negative sense, or regarded as a problem between nation and individual or nation and nation. However, we need to approach the conversion as the issue of application, interpretation and enforcement of the law. It is inevitable to study about colonial conversion with the law, because the conversion is a matter of adaptation to the legal system.
The ideal of modern law was distorted with the reinforcement of Japanese totalitarianism. The nation became the only executor of jurisdiction, and the law was tainted with the legal arbitrariness and the legal violence in this situation. Especially, the conversion policy targeted the heart of colonial intellectuals in the name of the law. The heroic mind of socialistic intellectuals disappeared, and self-contempt dominated their mind.
Kim Namcheon penetrated sharply the legal level surrounding the colonial conversion with his novels, like Water(��Mul��), Management(��Gyeongyeong��, Barley(��Maek��). He showed in these novels how a man take a stand when the conversion policy attacks in a form of legal binding force. In this context, Kim Namcheon��s discussion of ��Moral�� is regarded as the attitude of individuals before the law. Kim Namcheon comprehended the distinct feature of colonial conversion well than any writer of the last period of colonial Korea. Kim Namcheon��s case suggests that future works about colonial conversion is needed to pay carefully attention to the unique characteristics of the colonial law.