일제 강점기 아일랜드 번역극의 탈식민성 : 『월출』과 『옥문』을 중심으로

Abstract

This study examines the post-colonial aspects of Korean translations of two Irish plays, The Rising of the Moon and The Gaol Gate, which were performed and published in Korea during the Japanese occupation. The Rising of the Moon and The Gaol Gate were written by Lady Augusta Gregory, a leader in the Irish Literary Revival. They were translated into Korean by Jeong-Woo Choi and performed by the Korea Theatre Arts Research Association and the Paskyula in the 1930s. This study explores the translation shifts in Choi’s translation of The Rising of the Moon and The Gaol Gate through post-colonial theory. This study reveals that postcolonialism, indirectly implied in the ST, is accentuated in the TT, and new postcolonial narratives appear in the TT. Translator Choi exposes the Japanese government’s cruel and unfair colonial rule of Korea. The TT dramatizes the postcolonial aspects in which the characters overcome the identities assigned to them under the colonial rule. This reflects Choi’s political objective of enlightening the Koreans under the Japanese colonial rule.