일본문학의 해양성 연구 - 일본 해양문학 담론에 나타나는 ‘해양성’ -

Abstract

A study on marine in Japanese literature Yoon, Il As the slopes of Japan are surrounded by the seas, ‘maritime characteristic’ is found in Japanese Literature from the early age. In modern times, after Meiji Restoration, the political revolution in 1868 in Japan, Japanese literature was influenced by fast modernization and western literature, and after it went through the Sino-Japanese War(1894-1895) and the Russo-Japanese War(1904-1905), it recognized the political and geographical importance of sea again. However, in modern literature, ‘maritime characteristic’, together with the authority in imperialism were used to beautify and justify the war. The discourse on Seafaring novels and poems has come in earnest and they have been discussed more thoroughly after 1970s. This thesis listed discourses upon seafaring literature from Meiji Restoration until now. It is worth mentioning that 20 studies were concentrated in 32 theses since the 1940s, and there were no discourse held upon seafaring literature during last 30 years except for 1 thesis in 1963. Also, there were only 3 discourses during Japan's record period of economic growth, and there were 20 years of period of blank as pointed earlier. However, from 1980s to 1990s, there were 10 theses related to folklore and religion which are related to seafaring literature, it is interesting that sea studies focused on folklore and religion when there were no discourses on seafaring literature. The seafaring literature studies until now mainly discuss the definition and range of the seafaring literature, which reflects full-scale study on seafaring literature has never begun and it recognizes the necessity of the study. Even if there are discourses going on seafaring literature, and ‘maritime characteristic’ is pointed out in Japan, there has never been the thorough discussion on ‘maritime characteristic’.