방법론주의와 서구중심주의 너머, 역사와 공공 지식인의 길 -인문학의 위기, 국문학 연구의 반성과 과제-

Abstract

The crisis of the humanities, which has deepened in the context of neoliberalism permeating society and culture, has internal causes. In the case of Korean literature research, although the productivity of thesis has been greatly increased and the scope of research has been remarkably expanded, it has problems related to the crisis of the humanities, such as methodologicalism, western-centrism, and weakening of academic characteristics. Methodologicalism is a tendency to use a certain theory as a Procrustean bed, and is paired with western-centrism in that almost all of the theories introduced are Western theories. This attitude is substantially different from the academic way of making a theory as a result through the examination of the research object. In addition, the two biases of literary and political criticism respectively, which put the researcher's view of literature or society first, also weaken the academic characteristics of the Korean literature research. In order to sublate these problems in Korean literature research, two things are necessary. One is to strengthen the culture of scrutinizing the texts, and the other is to re-try the history of literature, which plans the future by reconstructing the past according to current interests. Based on these achievements, when the role of a public intellectual who takes a critical look at social situation is re-executed, Korean literature research will be able to contribute meaningfully in an academic way in overcoming the crisis of the humanities.