북한의 조선 전기 문학사 서술의 실상과 의의

Abstract

The study aimed to examine the trends and significance of description of 『Literary History of Joseon(조선문학사)』(3) published by Juche Literature Research Center of Institute of Social Science in North Korea. 『Literary History of Joseon(조선문학사)』(3) described the 15th and 16th centuries as one era, and the time pertains to the first half of the Joseon Dynasty. Description on characteristics of the first half of the Joseon Dynasty and its literary background was more detailed and diversified than previous literary history. In terms of a narrative method, introduction on the 15th and 16th centuries was preceded, and details are described by part. In terms of the order of description, orally transmitted literature was preceded, and it was followed by Korean poems, Chinese poems and hearsay. Literary history examined by the study is similar to the description in 『History of Joseon Literature(조선문학통사)』 that was published in 1959 and seems to go back to the past. It is the result of efforts to depart from description centering on popular and progressive literature in terms of the basic stance of description on the literary history. It is due to the fact that the attitude of describing the literary history was supplemented with nationalistic perspectives in addition to the popular and progressive viewpoints. In this regard, the trend of description based on nationalistic viewpoints can be cited as the significance of the description. Another significance of the description can be found in empirical description. Compared to previous literary history, it focused on description based on strict interpretation and analyses on authors and their works.