페미니즘이 한국 여성문학에 끼친 영향

• 영문명: The Influence of Feminism in Korean Literature
• 발행기관: 이화여자대학교 한국여성연구원
• 저자명: 김현숙(KIM Hyun-Sook)
• 간행물 정보: 『여성학논집』제17집, 3~26쪽, 전체 24쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 여성학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2000.12.01

영문 초록

The relationship between feminism and literature, in particular to the importance of practical liberation of women from a universal standpoint, began women writers and their interest in feminism. From then on, feminism as a movement, not only tackled issues dealing with politics and social issues, but also began to examine culture. From the early 1970s, feminism began to make inroads into literature and genres like "Literary Feminism" began to form. The purpose behind this movement was to create a new women's culture that would challenge traditional approaches and genres. Those scholars who went to study abroad to the West after the Liberation of Korea returned home with new insight on literary theories which served as a foundation of their study of literature, and they began to put them to incorporate these theories in the school curriculums. Some of these theories have been classified as "liberation theory" by Western women. As these scholars critically re-examined both sexes through the lens of these new theoretical models, it not only revealed the political, cultural, and psychological reality of women's positions vis-vis men, but also demonstrated that without the liberation of women, mankind could not achieve full liberation. The 1980s marked a period called "the women's oppression era" whereby these liberal-feminists began to introduce Marxist feminism, radical feminism, and social liberalism theory which highlighted the presence of class and gender conflict. Theories by Western feminists contributed to "liberal feminism" in Korea by helping create a framework for political struggle and at the same time introduced a radical position to critique the limits of Liberalism theory. Furthermore, other Western theories examined the problem of a gendered class system pointing out that a gender rank system is derived from a natural male and female division of labor and unveiled the distorted nature of how the psychological and behavioral structure of male and female psychological structure were constructed. And feminists were able to present their personal vision of the world through a gendered perspective by pushing for sexual equality at both the social and economic level, and also the unity of the arts and science from a cultural perspective. These perspectives were thought to have helped transform women's position and status and thus rendered as part of the women's liberation movement's ideology. Since then, scholars who have engaged in the study of women have written essays that have examined the identity of women and these essays have pointed out the specific problems of women's liberation today. The themes of these studies deal with the question of maternity being part of a woman's natural instinct, how it has been used as an ideological tool to oppress women, and recommendations to modify the concept of maternity in order for women to be able to live as equals in society. Futhermore, these essays also tackle with other issues that are correlated with the woman's identity and her social position such as the "Cinderella complex." As these feminist theories derived from Europe and America entered Korea in the 1980s onwards, they altered the way of viewing women problems. These influential theories helped sprout new social movements and the research on women increased and a voice representing women began to be heard. In particular, interest on female oppression required some kind of organizational system. These issues became part of the national agenda and laws vis-vis improving the social atmosphere for women began to be established or revised. The impact of these feminist theories began to have a changing impact on Korean women's literature. The aim of "modern literature" is to continually establish and revise old theories by incorporating new methods while seeking new challenges. By adopting feminist theories, the ideologies of maternity were seen as an obstacle which prevented women from seeking the

목차

Ⅰ. 서론

Ⅱ. 페미니즘적 의식과 한국 여성문학

Ⅲ. 페미니즘이론과 문학 비평

Ⅳ. 결론

참고문헌

Abstract