한국문학 텍스트의 발굴과 재조명을 위한 필요 조건 - 체험을 통한 ‘경계 허물기’의 필요성을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This paper dealt with what are conditions necessary for the discovery and re-illumination of Korean literary texts. It dealt this question focusing on the necessity of ‘breaking up the boundary’ through the author’s research experience not through theoretical discussion. The discovery and re-illumination of new texts are not done naturally, and the fact that they are possible with the necessary conditions was argued based on the author’s research experience. What is necessary for the discovery and re-illumination of Korean literary texts? It emphasized ‘breaking up the boundary.’ It viewed that the discovery and re-illumination of Korean literary texts can be vitalized if the boundary between domains is broken up. It suggested that the following four kinds of boundary should be broken up: first, the boundary between classical literature and contemporary literature; second, the boundary between written literature and oral literature; third, the boundary between Korean literature (Korean literature texts for Koreans) and non-Korean literature (foreign literature texts for Koreans and Korean literature text for Koreans); and fourth, the boundary between literature and narrative literature (Music, folklore, oral culture, and linguistics) should be broken up. As you know, currently Korean academics of literature are divided into several domains: i.e. divisions between classical texts and contemporary texts; between documentary literature and oral literature; Korean literature and non-Korean literature; and between literature and narrative literature, etc. However, they are just classifications for operational convenience, and Korean literature as an existence would be something holistic and undifferentiated. Even if one works on literature dividing domains, this fact should not be forgotten, so that our study can contribute to identifying Korean culture and who Koreans are so as to revolve the crisis of humanities. For the necessity and possibility, by discussing the evidences from the related works the author has made so far, what can be done in the future also were suggested.