8차 당대회 전후(2019~2023) 북한문학 동향과 쟁점: 『조선문학』, 『문학신문』 매체 분석과 ‘과학기술 룡마’ 기수 형상을 중심으로

Abstract

This article analyzed the trends and issues of North Korean literature (2019〜23) around The 8th Congress of the Workers’ Party(2021.1). As a result of analyzing the contents of the literary magazine Joseon Literature and Literature Newspaper, the success of the ‘Five-Year Economic Plan’ through science and technology and the victory of the ‘Quarantine War’ in response to Covid 19 were confirmed. Kim Jong-unera literature, which is differentiated from the era of grandfathers and fathers, showed the importance of “socialist realism,” discourse on improving people’s lives, emphasis on young scientists and engineers, and emphasis on daily life. When describing production sites such as industrial, agricultural, fishing, etc., advanced science and technology that cannot be solved only by the revolutionary passion of the civil engineering era was emphasized. It emphasized micro-daily life such as the affection of young men and women characters. The style has also changed, such as the delicate description of the character psychology of literary works. The North Korean literature of the third(2021〜) Kim Jong-un era is different from the first (2011.12〜2016.4) and the second (2016.5〜2020.12) with the shape of “Mallima speed, Mallima rider” that deviated from the influence of the Kim Jong-il era’s military literary theory. For example, new characters such as “Science and Technology Ryongma Rider” and “Health Warrior” have emerged. They are different from the labor heroes of the civil engineering era, ‘Chollima rider’ and ‘Military-first fighter’. Young scientists and engineers who are good at computers are “Science and Technology Ryongma Rider.” For example, like Park Geum-sil’s poem “In the Melting Works of Kimchaek Steelworks”(2023), a steel worker skilled in computer control is embodied as a Ryongma Rider.