1980년대 초기 노동연극 연구 - 민주노동조합에서로 만들어진 작품을 대상으로

Abstract

Madanggeok (a play in a court) is a type of a play that deals with all sorts of social problems. It can be said that popular aspiration is incorporated in Madanggeok to establish democratic government, social equality, and the core of culture. Madanggeok having a subject matter of labor has been spread since late 1970s. This is why a labor movement is an important part of social movements. This writing deals with labor plays created by the Democratic Labor Union. In 1970s Jeon Taeil's burning himself to death led to form the Democratic Labor Union and awaken laborers lively. The Democratic Labor Union organized small groups to control them. One of them was a group of a masque dance. This group made plays to make use of social passages. Workers began to try to find their identities through the plays created by the Democratic Labor Union. Those who were despised at that time hoped to promote their social rank and live in state as laborers. Also, they started to insist their rights, which were to improve their serious working environments and get paid for their labors. Finally workers realized that they were deprived by ruling class. The plays created by the Democratic Labor Union have criticized the ruling class picking structures of the masque dance. The masque dance uses a way of making a caricature to disclose the faults of ruling class like Yangban to the public. Besides Maldduk appears criticizing the ruling class to get laborers' resistance consciousness together. The plays created by the Democratic Labor Union include the desire of workers' resistance will power and building new society.