STUDY OF SATIRICAL FEATURES IN THE PROSE OF KIM YUJEONG
Keywords:
Kim Yujeong, satire, haehak, humor, social criticism, humanity, immorality, rural realism, colonial era, literary educationAbstract
This paper examines the satirical features of Kim Yujeong’s prose, analyzing his aesthetic system and socially critical consciousness. Set against the backdrop of rural colonial Korea in the 1930s, his works reveal, through the language of laughter and satire, poverty and inequality, and the contradictions between human desire and morality. For Kim Yujeong, satire is not mere humor but an aesthetic of resistance that exposes structural injustice and social hypocrisy. The analysis focuses on Spring, Spring (봄봄), Camellia (동백꽃), and Manmuban (만무방), examining the typology of satire, expressive techniques, and the embedded models of humanistic understanding. Furthermore, the pedagogical and contemporary significance of his satirical prose is discussed.
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