북한 전쟁서사에 나타난 애정담의 번역 양상 연구 －북한 대외홍보지 『새조선』의 중국어 번역을 중심으로－

Abstract

This study focuses on the love story presented in Burning Island, Apple Tree, and High Voltage Line, contrasting the differences between the source texts and the Chinese translations of New Korea to examine the forms of love story depicted in North Korean heroic narratives and the aspects of translation. In Burning Island, the love story between the coastal artillery squad leader and the signal operator demonstrates love as a driving force that overcomes the fear of death and embraces sacrifice. Apple Tree portrays love as a sense of duty in caring for the wounded hero through the relationship between a soldier and a nurse. In High Voltage Line, love is narrated as a symbol for overcoming the trauma of war through the reflections of a former soldier. Thus, the love stories of heroes blossoming on the battlefield are presented in a different light to Chinese readers through the translations in New Korea. In the Chinese version of Burning Island, the love between the protagonists is framed as comradeship; in Apple Tree, it is depicted as a reward for the hero’s dedication; and in High Voltage Line, it serves as a means to heal the trauma of the discharged soldier. This illustrates that love, which enhances the hero’s combat effectiveness during the war and restores their labor capacity afterward, aligns with the goals of external propaganda and embodies the essence of heroic love narratives. The differences between the source texts and the Chinese translation texts reveal the antagonistic relationship between aesthetics and ideology in North Korean literature. The North Korean Writers aimed to secure aesthetic autonomy by vividly portraying the diverse emotional aspects of heroes, while also establishing an affective solidarity with North Korean readers. However, for the translators of New Korea, building an ideological alliance with Chinese readers was a more urgent task than fostering this affective solidarity. They obscured negative emotions such as anxiety, dissatisfaction, and misunderstandings that appeared in the heroes’ inner lives, replacing them with concepts like patriotism and a sense of mission. As a result, the male and female protagonists in the love narrative were reconfigured from affective subjects with complex inner worlds into ideological subjects embodying heroism.