정치 환경 변화가 국기(國旗)에 미친 영향: 구 유고연방 국가들을 중심으로

Abstract

The national flag is a national symbol that expresses the values, ideals, history and tradition that the nation pursues with visual images. Therefore, if the political ideology and the political system are changed, the necessity of revising the flag design is raised. From this point of view, I have noticed the changes in the flag of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslav republics, which had undergone extreme political upheaval in the process of independence from the federation since Yugoslav wars in 1991. In this study, I focused on three themes : firstly, how the symbolic elements of the new national flag design were selected and secondly which of the elements of the national flag of the Yugoslav Federation state were excluded. Lastly, what did make differences in the design of new national flags. This study shows that the new flags of each newly born states were changed to a considerable level of color and major motifs after independence. The results of the research can categorize into three as follows: First type is Slavic tricolor complemented by former national emblems. The second type is the design, which excludes the Slavic tricolor flag pattern and adopts medieval or ancient royal coat of arms. The third one is benchmarked the flag design of the European Union. In conclusion, the differentiation of national flag designs was closely related to the ethnic composition of population and religious distribution of each republic.