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Discourse on overcoming crisis and dramatic reenactment in North Korean plays during the Kim Jong-un era

Choi, Sangmin 1

1조선대학교

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North Korea’s plays (theaters, literary works) serve the function of ‘stabilizing the ruling power’ and ‘strengthening the legitimacy of the system.’ The keywords that run through North Korean plays are ‘figuration of the leader’ and ‘mobilization of residents.’ This study aims to examine North Korean plays during the Kim Jong-un era as a ‘crisis overcoming discourse’ To effectively carry out the research purpose, Plays that depict the party and leader facing crisis were selected. These include “Red Snow is Falling” (2019) and “All over the North”(2017). These plays were all published in Chosun Arts after the Kim Jong-un regime came to power in 2012. ‘Red Snow is Falling' (2019) portrays the regime's internal crisis, including economic sanctions, Kim Jong-il's death, and the challenges of a young successor's rise. 'All over the North' (2017) focuses on overcoming external crises caused by natural disasters, emphasizing citizen mobilization. In analyzing the work, the concepts of ‘Miranda and Credenda’, which are widely used theoretical frameworks in propaganda and agitation, were used. This study found that these works functioned as propaganda and agitation tools to overcome the crisis of the system. The analysis identified various Miranda and Credenda mechanisms are confirmed in the work. It was also confirmed that the Merriam's concepts and examples are still being used as they are, sometimes in variations. Sometimes, we can see that these two concepts are intertwined and ‘reinforce each other.’

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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