고은문학의 세계화 과정과 현황 고찰

Abstract

One of the most noteworthy among the valuable outcome and experience from the chain of process for the globalization of Korea Literature is that the status of Ko Un's literature is secured as the world literature. Ko Un was first mentioned by the foreign press as the nominee for The Nobel Prize for Literature in the early 2000s and has been mentioned by domestic and foreign press as a strong candidate every year ever since and expected to be the first honorable Nobel Prize for Literature winner in Korea. Ko Un's works are the most translated and published ones in foreign languages among any other Korean writers and actually as of this September in 2015, 55 pieces of his works are translated in 18 different languages and 21 pieces still in translation process or prepared to be published. Add to this he has been invited to public reading, lecture, literature festival, residence program from all over the world every year and continues. Ko Un is the most recognized writer among the Korean writer introduced to the world stage and the writer representing Korea who became the representative outcome for the globalization of Korean literature. This article started from the need of considering the status Ko Un's literature as the world literature in the process of Korean literature's globalization in an objective and systematic way. In order that, the main process and result for Korean literature's globalization after the 1980s has been researched to know the whereabouts of Ko Un's literature. And examined the current state and characteristic of Ko Un's literature introduced to foreign countries and furthermore to estimate Ko Un's place as the world literature throughout the evaluation of the media in the major language speaking countries and response of the literary world. Hereby we can confirm the position of Ko Un's literature as the world literature and expect a new possibility of Korean literature's globalization.