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Issue on Harmony of Korea & Japan through Gong, Ji Young and Tsuji Hitonari's 『Ones that Come After Love』

  • 日本硏究
  • 2014, (36), pp.233-251
  • Publisher : The Center for Japanese Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Published : February 20, 2014

SON Ji-Youn 1

1경희대학교

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ABSTRACT

In the midst of the extremely clouded relationship of Korea and Japan, this thesis is to study the forms of ‘Harmony of Korea and Japan’, ‘Friendship of Korea and Japan’, completed by authors of best-sellers of Korea and japan, and see the limit and possibility. The book 『Ones that Come After Love』, written by Gong, Ji Young and Tsuji Hitonari together, is in the form of collaboration and it is interesting since it can be read as one work or two separated works. First, Gong-novel written from Hong's perspective, dismantled the usual romantic fantasy featured by Korea and Japan's joint ventured dramas, which had stayed away from sensitive matters between Korea and Japan to consider the emotions of both nations, rather it focuses on ethnic and national problems. Even though the subject matters such as Yoon, Dong-Ju, Korean Letter, azalea, or the white-clad folk, which summon the national identity, may give heavy impression on Romantic Novel, it seemed, to Gong, it would be hard to unleash the theme of unity or friendship of Korea and Japan without them. On the other hand, Tsuji concentrated on overcoming and reconciliation rather than the conflict. The male character, Jun-go, shows his effort to understand Hong and Hong's country, Korea, in the positive manner. At this point, the Poet Yoon, Dong Joo and his poem played the important role and beginning with the use of mistranslated 「Seo-Si」, the problems were spotted on how to understand his poem. Because it is the style of Tsuji Hitonari in Union of Korea and Japan, and it is forwarded only to Koreans, it is criticized for not being delivered to Japanese readers at all. Moreover, the efforts, which the Romace story planned by two of the renowned best-sellers of both nations with mutual understanding, caused the unwanted result by stepping out of the planned purpose since it reveals the perspective on two conflicting proposition, an ‘Individual’ and the ‘People・Nation’Nevertheless, this novel pitched a heap of issue by two well-known authors of Korea and Japan who attempted to explore the possibilities of ‘Union of Korea and Japan’, ‘Friendship of Korea and Japan’

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