한국 현대문학 연구와 『민족문화연구』—『민족문화연구』를 통해 본 한국 현대문학 연구의 동향—

Abstract

This paper lays its purpose in examining the academic practice and significance of the Korean Cultural Studies which has been published by the Research Institute of Korean Studies, Korea University. To this end, first, the academic status which the Korean Cultural Studies accounts for was analyzed through a quantitative comparison between the Dong Bang Hak Chi, the Daedong Munwha Yeon'gu, and the Korean Cultural Studies, which have been published by university-affiliated research institutes since the 1950s or 1960s. As a result, unlike the Dong Bang Hak Ch and Daedong Munwha Yeon'gu, which attempted to form an academic network with countries around Asia, it was found that the Korean Cultural Studies intended to establish the strategy to integrate and unite the Korean Language and Literature, Korean History, and Philosophy of Korea—which can be said to be the foundation of Koreanology—within the magnetic field of ‘National Culture.’ Second, how research trends have changed by period was reviewed by diachronically examining the inclusion aspects by major and of modern literature papers, with respect to the papers included in the Korean Cultural Studies. As a result, it was found that the monographs from Korean Language and Literature and Korean History accounted for more than 80% of all papers included. It is interpreted that this could be the result coming out because of not only the absence of researchers capable of studying and lecturing on modern & contemporary literature and modern & contemporary history but also the lack of organization of related subjects, during the 1940s and 1960s, when many four-year universities were founded. In addition, the papers in the field of Modern Literature are categorized by period, which were organized into “A period to strengthen the foundation of modern literature research (1964-1979)—A period when the work theory and writer’s theory was established as a methodology for Modern Literature research (1980-1999)—A period when research objects and methods were diversified (after 2000).” Through this, we reviewed the academic-history position that the Korean Cultural Studies occupied for each period.