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Historical Review of Rrelationship of Anti-Intellectualism and Korean Women’s Literature

  • Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
  • 2021, 78(4), pp.209-235
  • DOI : 10.17326/jhsnu.78.4.202111.209
  • Publisher : Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : July 13, 2021
  • Accepted : August 4, 2021
  • Published : November 30, 2021

Lee, Kyungha 1

1서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper presents a historical review of anti-intellectualism present in women’s literature. Here, the concept of ‘anti-intellectualism’, which has many meanings, was understood as being anti-intellectual, and ‘women’s literature’ was defined as woman writer’s literature or feminist writing, according to the context. The main point is that the attitude toward women’s literature could be influenced by anti-intellectualism, even if they were of the intellectuals of the time. For example, in the Joseon Dynasty, there was the term ‘jibungi’, and even from the modern era, women’s writers have not been treated properly in literary history. On the other hand, the excessiveness of early feminism caused the classical female writer to fall into excessive ‘appreciation’. In the present, feminism, branded as ‘Megalia’, is excessive, and it is cursed everywhere. It was the general public’s gaze. This paper examined the fact that due to this situation, even those of a progressive attitude kept away from ‘radical’ feminism.

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