한국 근대 잡지를 통해 본 당대인들이 언급한 주요 사건들 - ‘이전/이후’ 상당 어구 좌측에 등장하는 사건을 중심으로

People look back on the past to understand the present. At that time, the past is divided based on specific events or phenomena. In other words, people divide a series of times based on a specific event or time point in the past, thereby recognizing the present. By the way, if Koreans divided and recognize the past based on a specific events, these events tend to be located on the left side of terms such as ‘before(이전)’ and ‘after(이후)’. So, if a particular event frequently appears to the left of words such as ‘before’ and ‘after’, it can be called an event that people valued at that time.
The paper aims to find out what events people who lived in Korea's modern era, which connected to the world but eventually went through colonization, considered important to understand the times. To this end, from the original articles text of 19 modern magazines which was provided on the website of the National Institute of Korean History, to extract the events appearing on the left side of the phrase ‘before’ and ‘after’ and examine their frequency and examples of major events.
As a result of the analysis, international events such as the World-war 1, the Sino-Japanese War, the Manchurian Incident, and the Russian Revolution have high ranks at the events-list. At least these results show the character of the 'modern era' connected with the world along with the opening of the port. However, the articles in which these international events emerged as the starting point of change were mostly related to the international situation, the news of overseas, and literature, the history of celebrities abroad, and the situation about overseas Koreans. In other words, international events, including the First World War, were frequently mentioned as the starting point for change, but only as a starting point for change only in the part related to the immediate change triggered by these events.
On the other hand, events such as the March 1st Movement and the annexation of Korea, which have a strong domestic character, appeared relatively less frequently than in World War I. However, since these two events led to changes in various systems and statutes directly linked to changes in the society of the colonial Korea society, there were many cases in which they appeared as a node in the change of dailylife such as media, publishing and education. In particular, since the influx of socialism after the March 1st Movement and Korea's national and social movements showed a new aspect, the March 1st Movement appeared frequently as a major inflection point in the articles dealing with this. In addition, in the 1930s, the March 1st Movement was mentioned as the starting point of change even in the issues such as the increase of streetcars, changes in women's fashion, and the use of cars. Even in the realm of everyday life where there is no interface with the March 1st Movement, idiom such as ‘after(before) Kimi-year(기미년 이후(이전))’ were used for explaining the current situation. In this sense, we can say that beyond the national and social movements, the March 1st Movement was a event that left the biggest mark on the daily changes of those who lived in Korea's modern times.