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A Study on the Records as the identification method of existance: Reading of a Zainnichi playwright ‘Chong Wishing’ and his works as ‘Distinction’

JINJU 1

1전북대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This study relates to zainichi playwright ‘Chong Wishing’ and his dramas. ‘Chong' has been recognized both in Japan and South Korea as talented playwright. His time is not yet passed. And he still be very active. Although he was a part of the mainstream of Japanese theater, he sent the massages that based on the identity of zainichi to Japanese society. As a writer, he has a historical Missions about zainichi. But this is mission born of the desire to find himself rather than a historian’s calling. Because he is also zainichi, he is aware clearly of the fact that he was going to disappear from history along with other zainichi. His works are testimony for zainichi's historical identity. Moreover, it is a way to record his presence and prove the existence and search the utopian space for the settlement. He didn't takes advantage of 'the capitals' for ascent of status. He also didn't want to taken into the mainstream of 'the ' society by selecting a certain identity. He was defined himself as a 'margin man', was tried to find his own space for settlement. His 'distinction' is different from the behavior of the upper class that promote hierarchical classification, seperate the working class from themselves as they spend luxury item. He records the fact that the backside of hidden history in the works. And he exposed the fact through various perspectives, voices of minority. His future is anticipated of the reason for this.

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