일본 근대여성문학 연구의 성과와 비전

Abstract

This paper aimed to think about achievement and error of studies on modern Japanese women’s literature, by examining Japanese women’s literature and characteristics and achievement of studies on it in Korea and furthermore considering limits and vision of them. As the feminist criticism was applied to Japanese literature researches and the useful analytical concept of gender was introduced, a new horizon of studies on modern Japanese women’s literature was opened up. In Korea, studies on authors and works are currently dominant, while media and women’s literature, sexual violence problems such as sexual slavery, wars and gender have been also studied. Most of studies, however, have a limit, in that they tend to be similar with those conducted in Japan. It is the time when multilateral and various views and methods are required for follow-up studies on women’s literature. Meanwhile, the ignition of discussion on women’s literature stressed that it is necessary to maintain the stance of ‘women’ and simultaneously establish the relationship with (men’s) literature researches, rather than defining only literature produced by women as targets of women’s literature researches. Moreover, in regard to whether women’s literature and the history of it should exist, the existence of them is thought to be still valid, since they may be alternatives for overcoming the men-centered history of national literature, rather than have a risk of ghettoisation.