1950년대 전향자－문인의 자기서사 재구성 양상 : 김기진, 백철의 문단회고를 중심으로

Abstract

This paper is focused on the relationship between the reminiscences of Baek Cheol and Kim Ki-jin and the literary field in 1950’s. They restructured their self-narratives according to the circumstances and situations of the literary fields in each period from 1945 to 1960. So, to review the aspects of the self-narratives is a way to grasp the process of change of the literary field in the times. Kim Ki-jin and Baek Cheol are major representatives of converted literary persons. They shared problematic careers to enter the literary field after the liberation and the Korean war, like joining KAPF, practice pro-Japanese activities, and becoming a member of the left-wing literary people. They put their major efforts to restructured (or erased) the self- narratives about careers of KAPF and the activities of left wing writers in the Japanese colonial period, compared to the effort to get rid of the memories of pro-Japanese activities. By this, we can infer that the literary field after the liberation and the Korean war took issue with the former than the latter when literary people were trying to enter it. For similar reason, the literary people were demanded to prove that they were assure distance from left wing writers, and even from the neutrals or the independents in the liberation period. We can also find out how the memories of the left-wing and neutral literary people were dealt in the literary field in 1950’s.