일제말 문학 속에 나타난 한국 지식인의 동남아 인식

Abstract

After the occupation of Vietnam by Japan in the 1940, there are so much interest about Vietnam and South-East Asia from Korea. Though the Japan Empire emphasizes the Sphere of Co-Prosperity of Greater East Asia, it is very limited. After the beginning of Pacific War between U.S and Japan in the 1941, the atmosphere became different. So many Korean writers welcomed the occupation of East Asia by Japanese Empire because they believed that it expelled the Western imperialism from Asia. "Asia for Asian" which is the propaganda of Japanese Empire was very attractive to Korean. There are two kinds of intellectual group according to the attitude toward Japanese Empire. Lee Dongkyu who is the pro-Japanese novelist tried to introduce the documents which deal with the relation between Vietnam and Korea in the pre-modern period. He wanted to justify the Sphere of Co-Prosperity of Greater East Asia through the close relation between Asia before Western countries occupy the Asia. He did his best to support the Japanese Empire until the end of 2nd World War. Kim Youngkun who is the anti-Japanese historian tried to introduce the relation between Korea and South-East Asia before the proclamation of the Sphere of Co-Prosperity of Greater East Asia by Japanese Empire. He continued to introduce the history and geography of South-East Asia to Korean People despite of invasion of South-East Asia by Japanese Empire. He stoped all his writing from 1943 to 1945 protesting against Japanese Empire. Through the period from 1940 to 1945, Korean peoples came to know very much about South-East Asia in spite of complicated historical phase and situation.