『백민』과 민족문학－ 해방 후 우익 문단의 형성

Abstract

This article surveys the contents of Baekmin, which represents a right-wing magazine in the period of emancipation. Particularly, this article’s main interest is the logic of the right-wing literary circle that continuously had claimed the contents of ‘National Literature’. This makes us to guess the formation of the literary circles after emancipation as well as after the Korean War. The main writers of the early period were the members of ‘Young Writers’ Association.’ Kim, Dong-Lee, Cho, Ji-Hoon, Choe, Tae-Eung were against the left-wing writers and their ‘National Literature’ was close to the concept of ‘Pure Literature’. Their ‘National Literature’ was the literature committing for overcoming national crises thus tent to acknowledge the current regime. Writings of Baekmin illuminate the differences between the writers of ‘Young Writers’ Association’ and the ones of ‘Central Cultural Ass- ociation.’ This difference is similar to the ‘New Generation Argument’ of the late 1930s in terms of their attitudes toward utilitarianism. The contour of 1960s’ literary circle was the continuation of the period of emancipation or pre-emancipation. More than anything else, Baekmin was the only magazine that right- wing writers could publish their works under the circumstance of hege- monic power belonged to the left-wing writers during the period of eman- cipation. Although Baekmin did not start as a literary magazine, it clarified its tendency as a literary magazine since it changed editorial di- rection. After the left-wing writers lost their hegemonic power, Baekmin gave its field to another media and organizations.