Pages 79-86 – Hyung-dae Lee – ‘Perceptions of Western Civilization and Literary Modes of Expression in Newspapers of the Enlightenment Period- Editorials and Poems Published in the Tongnip shinmun and Taehan maeil shinbo’

This study analyses the perceptions of Western civilization found in modern newspapers during the period 1880–1910, while also tracing the flow of the relevant literary modes of expression. More specifically, it focuses on the Tongnip sinmun (獨立新聞 ‘The Independent’) and Taehan maeil sinbo (大韓每日申報 ‘Korean Daily News’). Various debates and discussions have been carried out in the fields of historic...