1950년대 여성 지식인 담론 연구 -『이대학보』의 문학 담론을 중심으로

Abstract

This paper originated from an attempt to find the voice of a female intellectual who was not heard in the 1950s knowledge field where modern knowledge was formed. From 1954 to 1963, Edae Hak-bo(Ewha Womans University Weekly Newspaper) is a miniature of society that was running toward national reconstruction, however, shows the gender specificity. Ewha Womans University is a modern educational university that cultivates female intellectuals. The willingness to contribute to the national society in which it is a woman and as an intellectual has resulted in a strong discourse of enlightening and resetting the role of the female elite. In the post-war chaotic society, it tried to settle women’s equality and encourage women to enter the society, but on the other hand, it was achieved by limiting the women’s domain in society and recovering it within the patriarchal order. Meanwhile, questions about the gendered academic system and questions about the gendered professional system and social culture were also raised through various discussions, planning articles, editorials, and arrangements of students’ contributions. Edae Hak-bo advocated cultivating elites centered on culture and arts to secure the roles and status of female college students who were not recognized as intellectuals at the time. In the process of making it, male intellectuals (writers/critics) took the place of mentors, and the literary activities of female college students showed the situation that was constantly subject to enlightenment. However, it was also a space where the discordant students’ utterances were discovered, and a critical intervention by a young female writer was made. While looking at the prospects of newspaper novels and trying to explain why bestsellers should be read, the voice of a female writer was not delivered as an effective discourse to a literary field seeking new modern literature. Nevertheless, as confirmed in the 1950’s Edae Hak-bo, female elites were actively looking for literature in the literature and communicating with the public.