1920년대 초 중국의 지식공간과 러시아 체험 ― 瞿秋白의 『餓鄕紀程』과 『赤都心史』를 중심으로

Abstract

This study deals with problems of perception towards Russia established through texts and modern subjects focusing on Qu Qiubai's Travels Across Starving Country and Records of My Impression in the Red Capital. These two books are modern China's first records of travels to Russia. Qu Qiubai (1899-1935)stayed in Russia while working for Shun Pao and New Times as a correspondent in Moscow for two years from Oct. 16, 1929 to Dec. 21, 1922. Qu wrote those two books based on his experience and impression in Russia. This essay has three main points: 1) Qu's motives and purposes for visiting Russia as a correspondent focusing on the ideological topography in China and his individual work at that time; 2) how changes and lifestyle in China after the revolution are expressed within Qu's texts through situations in Russia shown in the books; 3) the appearance of subjects shown in the books. In this way, efforts were made to look into what young Qu wanted to see and what he wanted to show with Russia. There also was an attempt to study the concrete semantic network which Russia, a new space, showed to Qu. For Qu, the travels were a process of seeking the truth for looking for questions about his life at the same time. A study was made about the appearance of the subject that wanted to find a direction of China and a life solution at a turning point and the inner world through a stare at and observation of the subject (Russia) and conversation and struggle with himself.