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@article{ART001800117},
author={Kwangbai Byun},
title={The Debate ‘Pure Literature-committed Literature’ －Around Qu’est-ce que la littérature? of Sartre－},
journal={Journal of Humanities},
issn={1598-8457},
year={2013},
number={52},
pages={5-26}

TY - JOUR
AU - Kwangbai Byun
TI - The Debate ‘Pure Literature-committed Literature’ －Around Qu’est-ce que la littérature? of Sartre－
JO - Journal of Humanities
PY - 2013
VL - null
IS - 52
PB - Institute for Humanities
SP - 5
EP - 26
SN - 1598-8457
AB - The main purpose of this study is to visit once again to the famous debate ‘pure literature-committed literature’ which took place in the years ’60-’70 in South Korea. One of the reasons why we decided to go back lies precisely in the fact that Qu’est-ce que la littérature?, Sartre’s central work that serves the basis of this debate, could not be understood on both sides that participated in this debate. In fact, this theoretical work contains in itself a very enigmatic statement : “There is only art for and by the others.” It could be rewritten in the context of literary theory : “There is only literature for and by the readers.”It seems that the first aspect of this statement corresponds to Sartre’s literary salvation, that is to say that of a pure literature or the literary religiosity and the second, that of literary engagement which emphasizes the emancipatory function of the act of writing. Nevertheless, these two aspects of Qu’est-ce que la littérature? could not be adequately captured by the participants of the debate ‘pure literature-committed literature’. Those who supported the pure literature have neglected the aspect of literary engagement of this book, namely that of ‘literature for the readers’, while those who claimed literary engagement have not done justice to the look of ‘pure literature’. From this stems indeed are derived two needs : the one is to visit once again to this debate which can be considered as one of our country’s morbid symptoms of ’60-’70 years and the other is to review the real history of this debate and reassess all studies about this debate.
KW - Sartre;pure literature;committed literature;literary debate;collaboration ‘writer-reader’
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Kwangbai Byun. (2013). The Debate ‘Pure Literature-committed Literature’ －Around Qu’est-ce que la littérature? of Sartre－. Journal of Humanities, 52, 5-26.

Kwangbai Byun. 2013, "The Debate ‘Pure Literature-committed Literature’ －Around Qu’est-ce que la littérature? of Sartre－", Journal of Humanities, no.52, pp.5-26.

Kwangbai Byun "The Debate ‘Pure Literature-committed Literature’ －Around Qu’est-ce que la littérature? of Sartre－" Journal of Humanities 52 pp.5-26 (2013) : 5.

Kwangbai Byun. The Debate ‘Pure Literature-committed Literature’ －Around Qu’est-ce que la littérature? of Sartre－. 2013; 52 : 5-26.

Kwangbai Byun. "The Debate ‘Pure Literature-committed Literature’ －Around Qu’est-ce que la littérature? of Sartre－" Journal of Humanities no.52(2013) : 5-26.

Kwangbai Byun. The Debate ‘Pure Literature-committed Literature’ －Around Qu’est-ce que la littérature? of Sartre－. Journal of Humanities, 52, 5-26.

Kwangbai Byun. The Debate ‘Pure Literature-committed Literature’ －Around Qu’est-ce que la littérature? of Sartre－. Journal of Humanities. 2013; 52 5-26.

Kwangbai Byun. The Debate ‘Pure Literature-committed Literature’ －Around Qu’est-ce que la littérature? of Sartre－. 2013; 52 : 5-26.

Kwangbai Byun. "The Debate ‘Pure Literature-committed Literature’ －Around Qu’est-ce que la littérature? of Sartre－" Journal of Humanities no.52(2013) : 5-26.