This study take a look at the 'love' ideal and the aspect of expressing it in Na, Do-hyang's novels. The name of 'Do-hyang(稻香)' is the symbol that he wanted to be free himself from bondage of a patriarchal system. His real name was not 'Do-hyang(稻香)' but 'Kyoeng-son(慶孫)', and the latter means 'the congratulatory grandchild', that is the name was only for his grandparents. So he hated his real name and changed his name with 'Do-hyang(稻香)' for himself and left home. This change meant that he declared his independence. Since then he pursued 'real life', 'real love' and 'real art'. Especially he wanted to write about 'real love' ideal in his novels. This 'real' means 'new' and 'modern'. He and many other writers in 1920s asserted their rights of freedom. They wanted to acquire the independence, modern life and modern love, and to write about it in their novels. In <Hwna-hui:幻戱>, Do-hyang showed three types of modern love that are 'sexual passion', 'sympathetic love' and 'pure love'. However these three types of love all failed and ended tragically. Why so? His other novels also appeared these three types of love and they turned out hopeless love. He instead added hero's death ending to it. It is the very important clue to explain 'real love' ideal in Do-hyang's novels. He wanted to describe the 'modern love' that was different from conservative marriage system, but he could not. Because he was not able to achieve 'real love' in his real life, he didn't know what 'real love' is and couldn't describe it in novels. As the next best thing, he choose the ending of hero's death. He might suggest that if there is no 'real love', then there is no 'real life', and this might be the 'real novel' that he thoght.

This study take a look at the 'love' ideal and the aspect of expressing it in Na, Do-hyang's novels. The name of 'Do-hyang(稻香)' is the symbol that he wanted to be free himself from bondage of a patriarchal system. His real name was not 'Do-hyang(稻香)' but 'Kyoeng-son(慶孫)', and the latter means 'the congratulatory grandchild', that is the name was only for his grandparents. So he hated his real name and changed his name with 'Do-hyang(稻香)' for himself and left home. This change meant that he declared his independence. Since then he pursued 'real life', 'real love' and 'real art'. Especially he wanted to write about 'real love' ideal in his novels. This 'real' means 'new' and 'modern'. He and many other writers in 1920s asserted their rights of freedom. They wanted to acquire the independence, modern life and modern love, and to write about it in their novels. In <Hwna-hui:幻戱>, Do-hyang showed three types of modern love that are 'sexual passion', 'sympathetic love' and 'pure love'. However these three types of love all failed and ended tragically. Why so? His other novels also appeared these three types of love and they turned out hopeless love. He instead added hero's death ending to it. It is the very important clue to explain 'real love' ideal in Do-hyang's novels. He wanted to describe the 'modern love' that was different from conservative marriage system, but he could not. Because he was not able to achieve 'real love' in his real life, he didn't know what 'real love' is and couldn't describe it in novels. As the next best thing, he choose the ending of hero's death. He might suggest that if there is no 'real love', then there is no 'real life', and this might be the 'real novel' that he thoght.

Na, Do-hyang(羅稻香), real love(Cham-sa-rang), modernity, individual, confessional style, death