전후 북한의 헤게모니 전략과 인민의 재구성 - 극예술에 반영된 접경지대의 심상지리

Abstract

The Korean War, which eventually expanded into the form of an international war, was an event that put considerable pressure on North Korea, even though it started the war with the goal of completing the occupation in the shortest time. On the premise that the work to justify the Korean War would have been the top priority in the post-war North Korean society, this paper sought to establish the focus of the hegemony strategy reflected in the North Korean dramatic arts of the 1950s. In particular, the newly liberated areas, designated as North Korea's territory along with the war, held a key position in the North's hegemony strategy. On the other hand, the imaginative geography in the newly liberated areas was able to make its meaning clearer through explicit geographical comparison, with Ganghwa Island being chosen for this purpose. Furthermore, Ganghwa Island was also a place to remind people of their longing for their families who went to the South. This could only be resolved when the national task of reunification is put forward. In this process, Ganghwa Island is meant to highlight the common memory of the people who fought together with the United States. This is in line with North Korea's logeg of the distinction between enemy and ally in grasping South Korean society, in which the United States was perceived as a national enemy and South Koreans as a national community to be restored. And this structure again serves as a mechanism to strengthen the legitimacy of the liberation war.