『니안짱(にあんちゃん)』: ‘재일’과 ‘어린이’의 경계에서 -‘재일조선인’과 전후일본의 ‘국민적 기억’-

Abstract

This article focuses on "Nianchan," a work that was the bestseller of Japan after the war. "Nianchan", a diary of Korean children in Japan, has been evaluated as a work that does not fall into the category of Korean literature in Japan. Therefore, in this paper, I would like to consider "Nianchan" in the context of 'post-war Japan', a contemporary context of the time. During this period, a meaningful text related to poor children and Koreans in Japan under the theme of "Nianchan" is "History Photo Book". The “Hungry War Orphans” in the “History Photo Book”, which constitutes the history of Japan with personal photographs, overlap with the of children “Nianchan”. However, the 'History Photo Book' of this period also contributed to the collective memory structure of the Japanese = National people by eliminating 'Korean residents in Japan'. In that case, the theme of "Nianchan", "poor children" and "Zainichi" were contradictory. So how are the two contradictory elements handled in "Nianchan"? You can read the post-war Japanese era from "Nianchan", which is designed to use only the elements of "sad children" sentimentally while publicizing discrimination against "Zainichi".