민족/국경을 넘은 재난 속 상호연대의 불/가능성 — 『맨발의 겐(はだしのゲン)』 다시 읽기 —

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to reread "Hadashi no Gen," Japan's representative atomic bomb manga, from the perspective of "Post 3.11" and "Post-Earthquake Literature" after March 11, 2011.　The so-called ‘post-earthquake literature’ after the Great East Japan Earthquake is a favorable change of direction in that Japanese society, which declares the end of post-war Japan as "we before disaster," tries to pursue a future-oriented vision by reconstructing and rereading memories of past disasters.　However, When Japan summons and evokes the history of disaster, if the history of madness and violence that Japanese have shown in disaster is forgotten again, what effect will the view of ‘post-earthquake literature’ have? The limitation of "Hadashi no Gen," which has been evaluated to be different from other atomic bomb literature by engraving the forgotten existence of Korean atomic bomb victims in postwar Japanese society, lies in its reconciliation.　This is not only "Hadashi no Gen," but also the limitation of atomic bomb literature itself.　On the other hand, if Park's presence in "Hadashi no Gen" fails to read discrimination against Koreans, it is the limitation of readers. This may also be the limit of post-war Japan and post-earthquake literature, which recalled "we in disaster" but forgot about the massacres of Koreans.