1960년대의 『한양』에 실린 소설의 문제의식 ―― 『 한양』의 매체사회학적 위상을 중심으로

Abstract

『Hanyang(한양)』 was published in Japan, but it was clear that, in the 1960s, 『Hanyang(한양)』 disclosed a polio-sociological position which, by no means, lagged behind any progressive media published in Korea. In contrast, it was manifest that 『Hanyang』 depicted even a more progressive position. 『Hanyang(한양)』 used all its strength to settle two problems. One was to accelerate the realization of national-democratic modernization of the 4.19 Revolution, faded away as the 'incomplete revolution'. The other was to gather all its strength for a prudent settlement of problematic realities which 'Korean-Japanese' living a ‘Japanese life’ confronted. The following is, hence, the problem consciousness of the novel in 『Hanyang(한양)』 in the 1960s. First, the novel in 『Hanyang(한양)』 envisages the reality of absolute poverty widespread in the nation the foundation of economic independence of which collapsed after the Korean War, and acutely portrays backwardness and pre-modernity of the inner part of the Korean society, which block the progress toward overcoming the poverty. Moreover, poverty and democracy restoration is grasped as the identical relation; hence, the ideology of Park Jeong Hee’s regime assumes an attribute of political criticism on the modernization out of industrialization based on nationalism. It is, in fact, another plan for modernization, which the novel in 『Hanyang(한양)』 expresses, related to the agriculture corroborating physiocracy. The political philosophy of 『Hanyang(한양)』 stands in the same line with the desire for democracy restoration, for which the history of the colonial rule by the Japanese Empire must be properly understood, and Koreans must wisely overcome the difficulties. Furthermore, by way of a historical examination of a chain of political disputes in the 1960s (3.15 Fraudulent Election, 4.19 Revolution, 5.16 Military Coup, 6.3 Anti Korea-Japan Agreement), the novel exposes a volition to resolve the task to restore democracy as the subjective competency of the Korean society. Further, the novel in 『Hanyang(한양)』 presents a narrative reflection on the current problems of the life of Korean-Japanese in Japan. The historical sensibility of the era in the 1960s should surely not be oblivious of. During the period, the potent national consciousness dominates the society of Korean-Japanese, which assumes the vital responsibility to uphold the national identity of Korean-Japanese. A noteworthy fact is that the nationalism for Korean-Japanese in the 1960s provided them with the motive of their life to unbendingly survive in the Japanese society.