박경리의 『토지』에 나타난 일본 천황에 대한 비판인식

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to confirm and review Park Kyeongri's critical recognition of the Japanese emperor by focusing on her 『Toji』. The work of confirming Park Kyeongri's recognition of the Japanese emperor through her 『Toji』 has important meaning mainly in two points. First, vast knowledge on Japan, Japanese and Japanese culture, which is evaluated as 'a novel written as a critique on Japan' among some critics, was contained in the 『Toji』. If it is exaggerated a little, it could be a kind of 'Japanese cultural encyclopedia'. So in the study on the 『Toji』, understanding of the author's recognition of Japan, Japanese and Japanese culture has very important meaning. Second, the paper takes the position that Park Kyeongri's 『Toji』 has modern literary history in Korea. The 『Toji』 has been published, revising its editions since it had begun as a series first in 1969. It has also been widely known to the public not only as a novel, but also through movies and dramas. So Park Kyeongri's recognition of Japan, which was described in the 『Toji』, could be thought to have some influence in forming public opinion related to Japan in Korean society. Considering when Korean society began to recognize the Japanese emperor concretely in history, through what process the discussion of the emperor was produced and circulated in the time, and in what way the discussion is functioning now, takes an important part in the study of Korean's view on Japan. This study presented critical consciousness of Park Kyeongri on Japanese emperor, which was revealed in the 『Toji』, concretely dividing it as iniquity of a title, emperor, and critique on worship of the emperor and its deification.