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The inner Landscape after Koren Liveration from some novels by Chae Man-sik

  • Chunwon Research journal
  • Abbr : Chunwon Research journal
  • 2020, (17), pp.243-267
  • DOI : 10.31809/crj.2020.04.17.243
  • Publisher : Chunwon Research Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature > Korean Literature
  • Received : March 15, 2020
  • Accepted : April 10, 2020
  • Published : April 30, 2020

Lee Duk Hwa 1

1평택대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

Chae Manshik was born in 1902 year who had lived the period that Japanese soliers had swaggere along the Chosun street to display of Japanese influence. At that time people called for self reflection on the people, even before they grew up, what something was wrong. Also Chae Manshik had introspected intensely the reality as the colonial nation, and the people was given birth to that reality. He, too, had his personal downfall linked to Japan’s imperialistic exploitation. As result, he accepted Marxism that was popular at the time and his work was reflection by Marxism. His writes conscious reveal itself that he had real’s expectation for socialist activist among the charcters in his work as like 「The uncle」 「Ready-made life」 「The peaceful and security of country」 「The murky water of a river」 「The glow of setting sun」 「The boy grows up」, etc . The prospect of 「The boy grows up」 is that the same generation of boys, who survivid the harth ethnic realities, should shoulder the future of nation with a healthy conciousness. Chae Manshik ‘s vision of the nation through self-reflection after the liberation of Japan’s imperial is emphasized through 「The glow of setting sun」 「The boy grows up」 the legal development of history, it should be created as a self-reliant state, not a satellite state of Soviet Union as a socialist country. In these two works, he predicts the unity of the people and the completely independence from the outside world, which he has consistently emphasized since the liberation.

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