1920년대 내지시찰단 기행문에 나타난 향촌 지식인의 내면의식

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to pursuit the inner consciousness of the rural intellectuals shown in the travel writings on the ‘Inside Land’(Japan) in the 1920’s. The travel writings on the ‘Inside Land’ is generally regarded as a peculiar part of travel literature in the colonial period. The rural intellectuals who owned so called ‘old knowledge’ based on ‘Hanhak’ (Chinese classics) and Confucianism took the lead in public opinion in their local area. Being designed as a part of assimilation policy under colonial authorities, the group tour to the ‘Inside Land’ can be said to the ‘travel with intention’. The rural intellectuals joined to the group tour to observe the land marks of modern Japan including industrial establishments and look around the scenic spots. After return to their homeland, they were obliged to submit the report and give a speech to the local audience to testify the development of Japan. In this paper, I paid attention to the fact that the travel writings on the ‘Inside Land’ was not only the result of the colonial policy but also the path of expressing the collective identities. Their travel writings show vividly how the Japanese imperialists infused a ruling ideology into their mind as well as the tourists internalized the imperial logic spontaneously. Special attention was given to the point where civilized superiority logic had replaced Confucian justification. Through inquiring into the reports of organized group tour, we can establish the basis for reflecting on opposing logics of old and new and the relation between modernization and colonialism.