Perception of death of Korean gramophone Japga from 20th century and Homo-Mortalis

This thesis focused on the era of Japanese colonial era and attempted to examine the death perception in the korean gramophone published at that time from the perspective of 'Homo Mortalis'. At the time when the national authority was robbed by the Japanese imperialism, there were people who lived their lives in some way against the existential fear of death. I tried to call them 'Homo Mortalis' in particular. Here, 'Homo Mortalis' refers to an actor who gives meaning to a life struggling against a fateful death. As a work to confirm this, among the traditional singing styles published on the korean gramophone, the death motif was relatively colorful Japga. As a result, the perception of death in a korean gramophone Japga was based on a belief in the afterlife. This is because the systematic afterlife expressed in religion was able to protect themselves from the fear of death. The people who were persecuted by the Japanese tried to resolve psychological conflicts such as fear of death and fear by relying on religion, the ethics of the community. This religious worldview could be developed in the hope of going to the afterlife they wanted. In addition, even if the body disappears, the concept of a permanent soul was used to escape the fear of death. There was also an inherent perception of real immortality. This is because he believed that the self connected to reality had continuity even after death. As a result, I was able to overcome the fear of death in reality under the belief that I could continue to stay in the real world even after death. In this way, 'Homo Mortalis', which appeared in a korean gramophone Japga, tried to achieve through a permanent soul concept of reincarnation along with a religious worldview to cope with the fear of existential death in Japanese colonial era. In the end, the perception of death is felt in the songs, which was popular in Japanese colonial era, because the lyrics of the song, which expressed the way of life in response to the terrible tragedy, were comforting and sympathetic to the people of the time. This is the result of the song's public consciousness, which had no choice but to reflect on the way of life along with the perception of death. Therefore, the study, which confirms the “Homo Mortalis” aspect of the korean gramophon Japga, is expected to be a valid implication for exploring the cultural worldview that dominates the lives of the people of the day and their goals and directions to ultimately find answers on how we should live.