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This study is to check the social discussion and the literary characteristic of <New Life> as the part of study to determine the social discussion and the literary aspect in the first half of nineteen twenties. Socialists participating in the production of discussion of <New Life> tried to rebuild the social system and the personality. Therefore, they claimed that Joseon people should be rebuilt to be the individual leading the life where the self is completed and realized by escaping from the restriction of system. The power of Christianity understood the existence purpose of religion in the community relation sharing their fate with Joseon. Namely the religion is not necessary to be existed if the religion that has to play the role of salt in the society can not finish its role. The role the religion has to do this time was the extension of life rightly. The literature published serially in <New Life> desired to leteralize the emotion and the life of public. The literatures published serially may be classified to the tendencies of 3 kinds based on the contents. The first tendency is to maximize the misery of reality the laborers are confronted. The second tendency is the contents emphasizing the appropriateness of socialist revolution, the third is emphasizing the value itself of life. Consequentially, the literature of <New Life> might be published serially to reproduce and to magnify the social discussion.

『New Life』, the Socialism, the discussion, the personality, the individuality