2000년대 이후 한국의 고구려사 연구 동향

Abstract

Since the 2000s, the study of Goguryeo history is considered to be the field that has seen the most significant changes in Korean ancient history. New research directions and methodologies have been explored through the active utilization of early articles on 『Samguksagi』, and the increasing archaeological research achievements in North Korea and China have made it possible to conduct detailed research. In addition, external factors such as China’s response to the ‘Northeast Project’ since 2002 and the heightened interest in Goguryeo when China and North Korea inscribed the site as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004 have also contributed to the quantitative and qualitative growth of Goguryeo-related research. During this period, 52 doctoral dissertations and 159 master’s theses were submitted, and a total of 2,300 works, including 270 books and 1,186 journal articles, were produced by Korean academics. In particular, we found that there were more than 40 papers that only conducted ‘research history review’ by topic. In order to follow and organize the overall flow of Goguryeo history research, this paper presents the keywords by topic (literary history, archaeology, etc.) and period (early, middle, late, etc.) through the word cloud method, which is the most basic and intuitive text mining technique. In addition, it suggested the need for a three-dimensional attempt to envision Goguryeo history from multiple levels beyond a national perspective in order to further grow Goguryeo history research in the future, as well as the need to improve understanding of surrounding academic fields and train how to utilize them.