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The Tradition Discourses and Modernity in Korea Modern Drama History

Back Hyun Mi 1

1전남대학교

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ABSTRACT

A study on tradition discourses in Korean modern drama focuses on the way the individual subjects in the dramatic community have translated and defined tradition, examining the connection among the elements that consist of tradition discourses. And the study leads to exploring the way how the tradition discourses have been connected with modernity in Korean drama. This paper examines the relationship between the tradition discourses and modernity in Korean modern drama history. It focuses particularly on the modernity in two aspects. First, the nationalistic/oriental modernity were presented through the tradition discourses. The nationalistic/oriental discourses have continued as a way to overcome the west-oriented modernity during the colonialized period and post-colonialized period. Second, the artistic modernity was presented through the tradition discourses. The variation of the western modern drama style such as realism, modernism, post-modernism in Korean modern drama history can be seen. Those styles on Korean drama history have not been the same as the styles in western drama history because the performance tradition has been different, dependant on the nation, the region, and the economic/cultural situation.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.