인간과 삶에 대한 성찰, 시대와 사회 읽기- 전병순 『강원도 달비장수』를 중심으로 -

Abstract

In order to examine the history of Korean literature in the 1960s, we should take a social notice of the 4.19 Democratic Movement, the 5.16 Incidence and the military government. When we think of it in the 1960s social background, a female writer Jun Byung-soon is an good example. She attempts to find true human nature in the face of her destiny or reality, so that she is said to be on the line of the development of realism shown in the 1930s. Though her works somewhat contain realism, it should be considered much further whether she extends the very realism in the 1930s. Through analyzing her works, based on the literary trend in the 1960s, this study is to find out how she proceeds to describe the reality of the days,The 1960s works have certain characteristics in the literary history, which means that the 1960s works are not the extension of the 30s – 50s works. In the 1960s, the 4.19’s critical spirit, along with the reaction against system repression, is reflected upon the literature positively or negatively. At this point we get to know her view of the world, by which she wants to dig up the historical and social contexts through the prism of human nature. To begin with, the writer states that the process of making a life is the nature of life. She recognizes that life is the thing that we are forced to conform to, and that there is a mysterious world in our life. She also focuses on the nature of the human relationship between parents and their kids, that is, parental love towards youngsters as well as the sense of responsibility. She finds out that the extremely bad situation of war changed Korean sense of ethics, showing that the conflict of tradition and modern times gave birth to a new relationship. At the same time, she conveys the idea that their shared life is the way to recover a decent life, though the law of the jungle dominates our society. She recognizes the ethical shift and suggests its solution. In the 1960s, she faces the reality of her divided country with a critical view. Looking at the persons who don’t have their own life under the ideology, she criticizes the confrontation of South and North Koreas and the national systems. As a result, she realizes how the ideology limits the daily life of the people. Showing how she establishes her identity in South Korea as a person who came from North Korea, she gives her opinion on the division and grey area of Korea. Therefore, it is possible for her to be put among the realists in the 1960s.