The aim of this paper is to analyze the value which Kim Woo-jung's plays of expressionism have in the history of theater. His works of expressionism are Nanpa (ship reck) and Sandoeji (wild boar). He said that an artist should analyze every problem in reality throughly and then decide the direction of his own creation. With this perception, he began to explore the theories on the plays of expressionism and naturalism and tried to experiment on their possibilities with these two works. Nanpa and Sandoeji are the plays on the quester. The poet in Nanpa and the Cheo Won-bong in Sandoeji are suffering by the contradictions given to them. With the help of assistant, they clear grasp the fundamental causes and at last come to find out the new way they will go. Through these two works, Kim Woo-jin emphasized that human is the mortal being who doesn't yield to the contradictory environment given to himself but have to overcome them. Kim woo-jin's plays of expressionism have the value, in that they gave the individuality to the Korean plays of those days which were subordinated to Japan. He also obtained good results since he made the plays of future in colonized Korea be in accord with the currents of world play history through the plays of expressionism. But he failed to ascertain the fact that the plays of expressionism were the suitable for people in colonized Korea. It's because that the contradictory environment which the poet in Nanpa and the Cheo Won-bong in Sandoeji faced were different that of the colonized Korea. It was also the limitation which Kim Woo-jin could not help having when he created the works of expressionism under the Japanese censor system. Because he knew this limitation, it seemed that he created the plays of naturalism at the same time.

The aim of this paper is to analyze the value which Kim Woo-jung's plays of expressionism have in the history of theater. His works of expressionism are Nanpa (ship reck) and Sandoeji (wild boar). He said that an artist should analyze every problem in reality throughly and then decide the direction of his own creation. With this perception, he began to explore the theories on the plays of expressionism and naturalism and tried to experiment on their possibilities with these two works. Nanpa and Sandoeji are the plays on the quester. The poet in Nanpa and the Cheo Won-bong in Sandoeji are suffering by the contradictions given to them. With the help of assistant, they clear grasp the fundamental causes and at last come to find out the new way they will go. Through these two works, Kim Woo-jin emphasized that human is the mortal being who doesn't yield to the contradictory environment given to himself but have to overcome them. Kim woo-jin's plays of expressionism have the value, in that they gave the individuality to the Korean plays of those days which were subordinated to Japan. He also obtained good results since he made the plays of future in colonized Korea be in accord with the currents of world play history through the plays of expressionism. But he failed to ascertain the fact that the plays of expressionism were the suitable for people in colonized Korea. It's because that the contradictory environment which the poet in Nanpa and the Cheo Won-bong in Sandoeji faced were different that of the colonized Korea. It was also the limitation which Kim Woo-jin could not help having when he created the works of expressionism under the Japanese censor system. Because he knew this limitation, it seemed that he created the plays of naturalism at the same time.

Kim, Woo-jin, Nanpa(ship reck), Sandoeji(Wild boar), expressionism drama, Naturalism drama, free will