최정희와 ‘군국의 어머니’―최정희 산문 「군국의 어머님들」, 「군국모성찬」과 일본문학보국회 『日本の母』 텍스트 비교를 중심으로―

Abstract

This paper analyzes “Militaristic Mothers” and “Gungukseongmochan” among Choi Jeong-hee’s pro-Japanese works discovered in 2004 by comparing them with the original works. These works tell a story of Japanese mothers who sent their sons to the military, and the purpose is to promote the mindset of a ‘Militaristic Mother’ to rural women at a time when the conscription system is about to be implemented. However, up to three of the these five stories are the same as the content of Japanese Mother (日本の母) written by the Patriotic Association of Japanese Literature in terms of characters and storytelling. As a result of comparing Choi Jeong-hee’s writing with the original work, the historical resentment with Japan was deleted, and the adaptation is being made to suit the readers of Joseon. It should be noted that the last story of “Militaristic Mothers” depicts the grief of a mother who lost her son, but in “Gungukseongmochan”, of which the title has been changed, the sadness of losing her son has been removed, and it has been rewritten as a mother who accepts her son’s death unconcernedly. it is presumed that the guidance of the authorities intervened because it was a problem to write the sorrow of losing a son in Joseon ahead of the conscription system.