일본문학의 번역과 한국문학

Abstract

This article examines the tendency of Japanese literature translated in 1960s in Korea and the background of translation. In this period, Japanese literature have poured in to Korea in the form of complete collection or anthology much more than the other foreign literatures. Irrespective of whether it is pure or popular one, Japanese literature at that time have been translated focusing on the ones with literature award or best sellers. The majority of the translators have been writers those who have learnt about Japanese literature during Japanese colonial era. The introduction of Japanese literature in 1960s to the public of Korea has been for expansion of the literatures of Korea. The April 19th revolution of 1960 and treaty between Korea and Japan in 1965 have raised interests in Japan. However, the reasons for translation of Japanese literature have been that the Korean literature have taken the Japanese ones into the 'same class' to cope with the Western literature along with response of readers and marketing strategy of publication companies. Further, the majority of translated literature have been the ones with Akutagawa prize for motivating the new writers of Korea by introducing high-quality Japanese literature which have been acknowledged in Japan. In 1968, Kawabata Yasunari has won the Nobel Prize in Literature and this has stimulated writers of Korea those who have been interested in succession of the 'tradition' of Korea through the universality of Japanese literature. As a result, six editions of 『Kawabata Yasunari Collection』 have been published in Korea as the first personal complete collection of Japanese writer. However, we can point out that the inflow of vast amount Japanese literatures into Korea through translation fifteen years after the end of Japanese colonial era has resulted from high dependency and expectation on Japanese literature of Japanese-generation which have been occupied by Japanese literature during the colonial era.