1990년대 이후 재일동포 한국어 시문학의 변모

Abstract

This study is to outline general characteristics of Korean poetry created by Korean residents in Japan since the 1990s, through categorization by theme, and examine how they have changed, compared to the previous period. In this study, we refer to Korean poetry produced by Korean residents in Japan between the 1990s through the 2000s when the world was predominated by a new order of the post-Cold War, as the poetry at a time of transition. Korean poetry created by Korean residents in Japan since the 1990s has been directly influenced by the changes in the world situation ever since the post-Cold War era, along with improved relations with South Korea. Typically, poetry in this period shows efforts trying to overcome national division, inherits traditional sentiment and stresses lyricism at the same time, represents minority consciousness and criticism on discrimination, and suggests changes in recognition of South Korea. Some female poets in this era wrote poems came out of their daily experiences. From the 1990s, Korean poetry by Korean residents in Japan, which was affected by North Korean literature until the 1980s, began to seek universality, focusing on its identity as literature of Korean residents in Japan. It is expected that Korean poetry by Korean residents in Japan since the 1990s will serve perfectly as a third zone linking literature of the South and North, in terms of prospect and organization of history of reunification literature.