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Abstract

This article points out that female writers were not strongly represented in Korean proletarian literature and that during the liberation period they were also unable to write about socialist women because of the the colonization and subsequent decolonization of the media field. In other words, female writers emerged as symbols of colonial modernity. Therefore, immediately after liberation, their works were not as well-received due to their involvement with the imperial system. The voices of socialist women who had returned to the media during the liberation period were heard instead of those of female writers. However, when news of the trusteeship was reported, a political crisis emerged. Socialist women went into hiding so there were no longer as many narratives centered on them. Some left-wing female writers also went into hiding again and right-wing male writers called on right-wing female writers again. Left-wing male writers emphasized the power of women as a group, but they did not depict women themselves revealing their ideological positions. During the liberation period generally, there were more narratives of between "left and right". Some female writers, including Ko Myung-ja (1904–?) and Choi Hwa-sung(1923–?), wrote down their arguments even given their political limitations and other difficulties. The former was a famous socialist during the colonial period who participated in the South-North Joint Conference as the party leader. However, she returned south of the 38th parallel. The latter was a representative of the new women’s liberation ideology and the daughter of Park Seung-ho, the leader of the right-wing women’s movement. However, she defected to North Korea with her younger sisters. Those who had the 38th parallel between made different choices. However, by embracing the paradox of decolonization, their writings and books filled the blanks left by the lack of representation of female socialists during the liberation period. These two women who wrote during the postcolonial period proved the existence of female writers who wrote about female liberation theory from a socialist perspective.