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What is the modernization? Modern is one of the three big periods in the western history, i.e. ancient, mediaeval, and modern. To most Asian countries including Korea, the modern means mostly westernization, but the beginning of the modern differed in each country according to the impact of the western imperialism. Modernization in western countries came into being after the French Revolution and Industrial Revolution; in other words, it happened after the achievement of equal society and the accumulation of capitals. Strong nations were politically built, and reasoning and scientific thoughts prevailed in culture. Western imperialism was expanding, and accumulations of capitals were accelerated as the modernization ensued.
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Sa (社) means a company or an organization. Though there were temporary stages or modified indoor stages as a part of building, there was no indoor permanent theatre before Heopyeulsa .
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He is the pioneer in modernization of Korean theatre but was the secretary of Lee Ywanyoung, who played a major role in signing of the treaty of Japanese annexation of Korea. Plus, The Silver World was the only theatrical production. Thus, his role in Korean theatrical modernization was often depreciated.
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The novel, The Silver World, was published almost at the same time as its performance. It is western style in the following aspects; it tries to keep the causality of plot, to pick up the issues of society, and employs everyday language. Since the story promoted pro-Japanese attitudes, its insistence for modern reforms is devalued nowadays.
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Suh Yon-Ho’s The History of Korean Theatre (韓国演劇全史), recently translated into Japanese, calls Korean shinpa ‘shinpa-cho theatre’ (新派調劇) rather than ‘Shinpa theatre’ (新派劇) which is commonly called in Korea.
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The following table is a list of repertories of the Theatre Arts Studies. This list allows us to evaluate the advancement of Korean Theatre’s modernization.
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LEE, M. (2019). The Modernization of Korean Theatre Through the Reception of Western Realism. In: Nagata, Y., Chaturvedi, R. (eds) Modernization of Asian Theatres. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6046-6_3
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