“종자”의 주체노선을 재현하는 ‘미덕’의 드라마, 『녀당원』(김보행, 1982) 연구

Abstract

This article is intended to analyze Kim Bo-haeng's Woman Party Member(1982), which is considered a textbook for Partisanship training in the Juche Period. This is because it is possible to look into the emotional structure of the Juche Period contained in the “Seed” which aesthetically embodies the monolithic leadership system in this text. The “Seed Theory” of North Korean literature is a literary theory which emphasizes that only Suryong’s image in the monolithic leadership system ultimately embodies the Sollen of revolutionary history. Therefore, the North Korean novel in the Juche period, strictly controlled by “Seed”, is a literary form that justifies the monolithic leadership system. The ultimate Sollen of the revolutionary history, embodied in the Suryong’s image of "Seed" is endlessly encouraging the “sub” Sollen embodied in communist people’s image. In revolutionary narratives such as Woman Party Member, the action of the strongly encouraged people builds the probability of the revolutionary history. In addition the structure of the revolutionary narrative with little “sudden happening” is to more strongly represent the probability of revolutionary history pursued by the North Korean political system. The problem is that the content of the Sollen embodied in Suryong’s image is actually just a “declaration.” On the other hand, that of Sollen embodied in communist people’s image following Suryong, that is, the “virtues” that they have to endure all the pains and worries of the revolutionary struggle, is substantial enough to be vividly represented in the revolutionary narrative. In the Juche period, the substantial “virtues” of the people’s image make up for the empty “virtues” of Suryong’s image through superhuman efforts. In particular, the efforts of North Korean women to endure the oppression of the patriarchy at the same time are extreme. This article will contemplate the irony of the revolutionary history of the Juche Period, that is, the ironic deep structure of “Seed” through the representation of Woman Party Member, which actually dramatizes the “virtues” of the people’s image.