중국 조선족 문예규범의 수립과 『연변문예』

Abstract

Published in 1951, 『Yanbian Literature』 contains discussions to create norms for Korean-Chinese literary activities as a literary magazine that shows that Korean-Chinese literary activities were in full swing and put into practice on a systematic basis since the foundation of the People’s Republic of China. In those days, the Korean-Chinese literary world attempted to actively learn Maoist ideology and practice patriotism, but it was often criticized for the ambiguity of the idea of its fatherland. Even at the time of the Korean War, the ethnic identify as a Korean Chinese had to be managed so that it could not overwhelm the national identity as a Chinese. The Kang Mei Yuan Chao (Resisting U.S. Aggression and Aiding North Korea) ideology resulted in patriotism based on internationalist sensitivity. The 『Yanbian Literature』 emphasized the discovery of heros in the realities to overcome the schematic nature in the figure shaping process. Thus, it was an important task for literary creators to grasp the realities in the process of contradiction and struggle and discover the significance of everyday life. In addition, the perception of realities was closely related to the writing of self-criticism as it was coupled with the class-based self-consciousness of literary creators. The writing style of self-criticism functioned as a mechanism that rules the subject of creation itself in an ideological way and was accepted as a part of the creation process, not limited to the reflective work after the production of the work. This is to give warning of subjective attention and self-discovery that will be triggered by writing. Therefore, it can be said that 『Yanbian Literature』 is a meaningful material for study that shows how the literary policy of China which manage/rule the ethnic/national identify of Korean Chinese as Chinese people was implemented in the overall Korean-Chinese literary works and activities and the Korean-Chinese literary norms were established.