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Linguistic, Cultural, and Historical Momentums through History of Korean Literature -Focused on the Recognition and Descriptive Aspects of Korean Modern Literature in the History of Korean Literature Written in Japan-
Cross-Cultural Studies
2017,
48(), pp.31-66
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2017.48..31
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2017.48..31
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature
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This study examines ways of recognizing and aspects of describing Korean modern literature revealed by each literary history from the viewpoint of ‘transculturation', focusing on Lim Jeon-Hye’s 『History of Korean Literature in Japan until 1945』, Shirakawa Yutaka’s 『Footsteps of Korean Modern Literature』, and Saegusa Toshikatsu’s 『Taste of Korean Literature』 from the history of Korean literature written in Japan. First, Lim Jeon-Hye periodically examines Korean literature written in Japan, focusing on literary activities of Korean students in Japan and the proletarian literature movement, and addresses points of active cultural negotiation, mutual understanding and political solidarity between Korea and Japan. Shirakawa Yutaka focuses on the concurrency and connection of Korea, China, and Japan in the process of modern literary formation, covering Japanese language literature and pro-Japanese literature with great care, and describes the middle-layer position as a mediating researcher in the conflicting boundaries between Korea and Japan. Saegusa Toshikatsu provides interesting transcultural momentum in exploring internal logic and denotation of Korean literature via comparative literature review encompassing East Asia, implementation of literary forms and themes connecting tradition and modernity, and an out-of-boundary point of view to overlook ‘pro-Japanese literature’, etc. Transcultural aspects in this literary history to examine are as follow. First, the history of Korean modern literature based on ‘national literature history’ is catabolized in the magnetic field of the ‘colonial experience’ and ‘national nationalism’ and considered in multifaceted context. Second, they provide the possibility of three-dimensional and micro-narrative description of literature that complement the narrative aspect of existing Korean literature history. Third, they provide an opportunity to expand and open the description of literature history through acceptance of comparative literary perspectives encompassing East Asia. Fourth, through discovery of Korean-Japanese literature and Japanese language literature, they contribute to broadening the history of Korean modern literature and enriching foundations.
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