북한의 극문학사(劇文學史) 만들기 40년 :『조선문학통사』(1959), 『조선문학사』(1981), 『조선문학개관』2(1986), 『조선문학사』7,9(2000, 1995)의 일제강점기 극문학 서술의 변화를 중심으로

Abstract

This study aims to conduct a micro-approach analysis of North Korea's drama works to define its 40 years of drama history with focus on difference and identification, as well as on phenomena and causes. In North Korea's drama history description, politics and thoughts have remained an important part. In the 1990s, emphasis on political thoughts was weakening. However, politics and thoughts are the unique standard for the evaluation of North Korea's literary works in its literary history. To cater to the desire of the regime, North Korea's drama history, as forecast, is characterized by the creation of history of drama. Yet, it is noteworthy to see a subtle change in that trend. Notably, this change can be grasped in the descriptions made in the 1990s. First, such descriptions include melodramas which were the target of liquidation until 1990 following Korea's liberation. In 1992, Kim Jong-il instructed a guideline for the self-identity literature theory to include our forefathers' classic cultural heritages in national heritages. Thus, diverse existing literary keynotes entered literary descriptions as keynotes. Second, in the 1990s, the expression of descriptions became flexible, and emphasis on political thoughts weakened. This also suggests that Kim Jong-il's self-identity literary theory had the greatest effect. However, it should be noted that the North Korean society's shift to an open mood in the 1990s played an important role in effecting such a change. Third, emotional descriptions weakened. In the mid-1990s, North Korean society had to overcome its crisis, and the prime means to that end was laughter. Previous emotional descriptions designed to elevate readers' emotions naturally weakened, and instead descriptions focused on the development of events were prominently highlighted. Overall, it is North Korea's political culture and arts policies that had the greatest effect on its 40 years of drama history. However, economic culture also became part of such influence as our viewpoints.