‘90년대’와 ‘여성문학특집’－『문학동네』 1995년 여성문학특집을 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze feminism literary discourse reflected in the ‘Female Literature Special’ of 『Munhakdongnae』 magazine, which was published in 1995. In 1995, the 『Munhakdongnae』 featured literary works of female writers who represented ‘new’ feminism in the ’90s. Literary discourse in the ’90s is often considered to have formed its own literary history, distinguishing itself from that of ’80s, the age of ideology. Based on this perspective, recent academic discourse critically reviews the literary discourse in the ’90s in terms of what characteristics ‘authentic’ literature should have. This article also shares the opinions of prior studies about the 90s, and critically examines how symbols such as ‘interiority’, ‘self- referentiality’ and ‘everyday-ness’ that represent the ’90s, relate themselves with the ‘Female Literature Special’ of 『Munhakdongnae』. ‘Female Literary Discourse’ is recognized as the most active trend and as the newest pheno󰠀menon, and this article visualizes one of the examples that are established as being literary and aesthetic in the discourse of 90’s. So far, female literary discourse has been judged to be limited, in the sense that the discourse has not lasted continuously enough, throughout the years. In that sense, this article focuses on the ‘Female Literature Special’ of 『Munhakdongnae』, in an effort to analyze limitations and achievements on more diverse levels. It focuses on the point where ‘Female Literature’ was established and placed in the ground where the difference of opinions and critical strategies exist in the literary discourse in the ’90s, that are re-organized after democratization. The approach which is used in this article is to reduce the whole female literary discourse into a specific literary/critical discourse, and through this, the encounter of different period and critical strategies can be investigated further. In doing so, the feminism criticism which has been formed either accordingly or alienatedly are analyzed in details. Through this, the discussion regarding female literary discourse in the ’90s can become more active and the complicated dynamics of literary discourse and female literature will be brought up as an issue.