해방 직후 염상섭과 만주 재현의 정치학

Abstract

Yeom Sang-seop's short stories right after emancipation deal with Korean people's life after the fall of Manchukuo. He moved from colonial Korea to Manchukuo in 1936 to escape the Japanese Empire. At that time, Japanese colonial authority launched the policy of Oneness of Japan and Korea. In contrast to Korean peninsular, Manchukuo started the policy of co-existence and harmony of five ethnic. He prefer Manchukuo to colonial Korea because of severeness of Japanese rule. In Manchukuo, He insisted and sustained self-rule and self resolution of Korean people in contrast to other Korean writer who collaborated to Manchukuo and Japanese Empire. After emancipation, He was eager to protect Korean people of Manchuria and helped them to move to Korean peninsular. He also moved to his hometown Seoul through Shinouju which is located in north part of Korean peninsular. He worte so many short stoies which deal with Korean people who came back to Korean peninsular from Manchukuo. Right after coming back to Seoul, his stories which deal with Korean diaspora have close relation with Manchukuo. But After experiencing the crisis of division of Korean peninsular into South and North Korea, the representation of Manchukuo in his stories which deal with Korean diaspora from Manchukuo fell into just backdrop. After division of Korean peninsular, he can not write freely about the reality of Korean people who suffered from division of Korea. He chose the detour way of writing the everyday life of Korean diaspora who came back to Seoul from Manchukuo. The representation of Manchukuo in his stories continued before the beginning of Korean War.