근대 초기 여성시에 나타난 기독교적 상상력과 여성 표상 -나혜석⋅김명순⋅김일엽의 시에 나타난 종교성과 여성성의 관련 양상을 중심으로 (Christian Imagination and Female Representations in Early Modern Feminine Poems - With a focus on the connections between religiosity and femininity in the poems by Na Hye-seok, Kim Myeong-sun, and Ki)

The purposes of this study were to examine Christian imagination in early modern feminine poems around the works by Na Hye-seok, Kim Myeong-sun, and Kim Il-yeop, who are considered to belong to the first generation of female literary figures in early modern days, and to figure out the relations between the Christian imagination and the female representations in their works. Most of the first-generation female literary figures went to a Christian mission school and received new education. All born in 1896, Na Hye-seok, Kim Myeong-sun, and Kim Il-yeop were part of the group that benefited from Christian education.
It's not difficult to detect the traces of Christian imagination in the poems written by the three female poets. In displaying their Christian imagination in their poems, Na Hye-seok pursued the light of enlightenment, Kim Myeong-sun talked about drifting God, and Kim Il-yeop employed a wishing tone and achieved the realization of nihility. In their works, Christian imagination takes such representations as Nora trying to break down the old customs, an unhappy woman of foresight, and a lonely lady. That is, the representations of the first-generation female literary figures in the dismal early modern days commonly shared the image of a lonely and unhappy woman of foresight.
Already heading for the conservative direction and maintaining rather smooth relationships with the ruling Japanese regime, Chosun's Christian organizations advocated enlightenment and free dating and took the front position in modernization based on the Christian thoughts they led. However, they were not capable of embracing equality and liberation of women in a true sense. As far as they're concerned, women's positions in society were reserved behind the line that would mark a threat to the existing social system. Two female poets of the second generation, Mo Yun-suk and Noh Cheon-myeong, internalized the gender-discriminating Christian doctrines, which presented the Holy Mother as Maria Magdalena and Virgin Maria, with much fewer conflicts. And that seems to have something to do with the nature of conservative modern Christianity.
The history of feminine poems in early modern days might have taken a different course if Christianity in early modern Chosun had more actively accepted the writing in search of identity by Na Hye-seok, Kim Myeong-sun, and Kim Il-yeop as independent female subjects and, as a result, there had been more innovative connections between religiosity and femininity in their works. The investigator at least sees the smallest possibility in their poems and works.

The purposes of this study were to examine Christian imagination in early modern feminine poems around the works by Na Hye-seok, Kim Myeong-sun, and Kim Il-yeop, who are considered to belong to the first generation of female literary figures in early modern days, and to figure out the relations between the Christian imagination and the female representations in their works. Most of the first-generation female literary figures went to a Christian mission school and received new education. All born in 1896, Na Hye-seok, Kim Myeong-sun, and Kim Il-yeop were part of the group that benefited from Christian education.
It's not difficult to detect the traces of Christian imagination in the poems written by the three female poets. In displaying their Christian imagination in their poems, Na Hye-seok pursued the light of enlightenment, Kim Myeong-sun talked about drifting God, and Kim Il-yeop employed a wishing tone and achieved the realization of nihility. In their works, Christian imagination takes such representations as Nora trying to break down the old customs, an unhappy woman of foresight, and a lonely lady. That is, the representations of the first-generation female literary figures in the dismal early modern days commonly shared the image of a lonely and unhappy woman of foresight.
Already heading for the conservative direction and maintaining rather smooth relationships with the ruling Japanese regime, Chosun's Christian organizations advocated enlightenment and free dating and took the front position in modernization based on the Christian thoughts they led. However, they were not capable of embracing equality and liberation of women in a true sense. As far as they're concerned, women's positions in society were reserved behind the line that would mark a threat to the existing social system. Two female poets of the second generation, Mo Yun-suk and Noh Cheon-myeong, internalized the gender-discriminating Christian doctrines, which presented the Holy Mother as Maria Magdalena and Virgin Maria, with much fewer conflicts. And that seems to have something to do with the nature of conservative modern Christianity.
The history of feminine poems in early modern days might have taken a different course if Christianity in early modern Chosun had more actively accepted the writing in search of identity by Na Hye-seok, Kim Myeong-sun, and Kim Il-yeop as independent female subjects and, as a result, there had been more innovative connections between religiosity and femininity in their works. The investigator at least sees the smallest possibility in their poems and works.