근대문학과 ‘평양’

Abstract

This paper has the objective to check the symbol and meaning ofPyongyang reproduced in the modern literature. First, Pyongyang is theancient city of the past history, and is the region presenting the hope ofNorth Korea’s Juche idea on the one hand. this hope occurs by coexistingwith the tradition/modernity, Pyongyang is established as the historicancient city and the space keeping the possibility of the modern city at thesame time. Second, Daedonggang is operated as the source of emotioncausing the artistic impulse in the course of establishing their own artisticviewpoints of literary persons born in Pyongyang. Daedonggang(Daedong-river) was functioning as the source capacitates the sourceful, artisticemotion causing the artistic inspiration representing the natural sceneries ofthe ancient city, Pyongyang. Third, Pyongyang is reproduced by thetourists eyes in the literary works of 1930s. The work ‘Paegangrang’ by LeeTae Joon (1938) may be taken where the perception of Pyongyang haswell been unfolded by Intellectuals of colony Chosun. His impatience with Pyongyang has been derived from the absence ofaesthetic object. It shows that the tradition rather than the modernurbanism in the city called Pyongyang has been noted in light of namingthe old name Paegang of Daedonggang(Daedong-river) in the subject. Meanwhile, there had been two times of Chosun edition in Modern Japan of 1939 and 1940, many writings for Pyongyang have been included inthe edition of 1939 out of these. The imperial eyes to be called as theliterary reproduction of colonial policy have been unfolded substantially inPyongyang appeared in two novels. The perception and symbol ofPyongyang made and circulated by the Japanese from the early part ofmodern times are imitated as it was, Pyongyang, the colony Chosun existsas the object of imperial eyes such as the object (Korean geisha) ofsexuality by Japanese males and the scenic resort to be called the exclusiveproperty of romantic tourist or the battlefield, museum, unlimited future(Pyongyang as the industrial city), etc.