근대 여성 여행자의 글쓰기- 나혜석과 비숍의 여행기 -

Abstract

In the age of imperialism, the travel was absolutely monopolized by men, so the female travelers Na Hye-Seok and Bishop were good enough to be the object of social interest. For this reason, most of the existing researches focused on the ‘gender’ characteristics. However, the gender is not the only element that decides the identity of travelers. In the age when Na Hye-Seok and Bishop lived, the symbolism of gender was remarkably shown and the empire was overflowing with aggressive policy. In other words, Na Hye-Seok and Bishop not only share the identity as a ‘woman’, but also have conflicting identity such as a citizen of imperialist country and a person of colonized country. The existing researches that individually analyze each object cannot fully understand the identity complexly composed like this, so it would be more significant to comparatively research them together. Na Hye-Seok’s travelogue was a narrative aiming to establish the identity as a woman who was still unstable and deficient, as a ‘subject’ of viewpoint while Bishop’s travelogue followed the viewpoint of ‘subject’ that was the western empire, instead of revealing the discrimination against women. The travelogue is not only an individual’s private writing, but also a public writing that complexly shows desires and spatial specificity of the time. Therefore, the travelogues by female travelers should be read in this perspective.