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Japanese Literature and Criminology of Korea Residents in Japan -Focusing on Mishima Yukio's 『A Defense of Culture』-

  • Journal of Japanese Culture
  • 2018, (77), pp.5-23
  • DOI : 10.21481/jbunka..77.201805.5
  • Publisher : The Japanese Culture Association Of Korea (Jcak)
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : March 31, 2018
  • Accepted : May 9, 2018
  • Published : May 31, 2018

Lim sang min 1

1동의대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to examine self-representation of Korean writers in Japan and the others-representation of Japanese writers by focusing on the most-cited crimes committed by Korean residents in the post-war Japan, including the case of Lee Jin-woo in 1958 and the case of Kim Hee-ro in 1968. As a result, in his work, Kim Seok-beom has come to the conclusion of the asymmetrical relationship, which is just built when the identity of Korean residents in Japan passes through Japanese as perpetrators, as the defeat of the Koreans themselves in Japan. This is consistent with the need for self-reliant self-construction in the relationship of irrelevance, emphasized by Kim Seok-beom in the dispute of the contemporary 'third way'. In addition, Mishima Yukio's 『A Defense of Culture』 has been criticized so far for its jump in the logic, but it sharply points out that the Japanese as both victims and as perpetrators, who refer to the Kim Hee-ro incident, misuse ‘nationalism as a means’ as needed. In this sense, it can be seen that contemporary Korean-Japanese media reports and the Korean government's recognition of Kim Hee-ro also relied heavily on 'nationalism as a means' rather than considering the specificity of Korean residents in Japan.

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