A Study on the Imagery of Koryoin Characters in Korean Novels

• 발행기관: 건국대학교 모빌리티인문학 연구원, 건국대학교 아시아·디아스포라 연구소
• 저자명: Jung Sun Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『International Journal of Diaspora&Cultural Criticism』Vol.12 No.1, 6~37쪽, 전체 32쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2022.01.30

영문 초록

‘Koryoin’ is the name given refers to Koreans and their descendants living in Central Asia. The reason they lived there was due to Stalin’s policy of the deportation of Soviet Koreans in 1937. Since the 2000s, many Koryoin people have remigrated to Korea. Consequently, Korean novelists are creating works in which Koryoin are the main characters. The goal of this article is to analyze the imagery of Koryoin in Korean novels. Almost all Korean novelists write stories about Koryoin in regard to the deportation of Soviet Koreans in 1937. The novels focused on the historical fact of forced displacement or reconstruction after deportation. In these stories, Koryoin are victims of constant suffering, and they are just people of the past. In the short stories, the focus is on contemporary Koryoin. However, they mainly live in Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan. In other words, contemporary Koryoin in the short stories are strangers from far away. ‘Interview’ is almost the only work that delineates Koryoin living in Korea. When studying the literature of overseas Koreans or the Korean diaspora, we discuss acceptance and hospitality. These discussions contributed to improving the conditions for Koryoin migrants, enable them to settle in Korea. However Koryoin are still perceived as strangers in Korean society. Literary hospitality can be achieved by portraying them as they are in the present time, rather than tying them to past events. Korean novels should embody Koryoin as people living with us here and now, not as victims of the past.

목차

1. 소설 속 고려인과 현실 속 고려인 사이의 거리

2. 고려인 작가들의 작품 속 고려인의 모습

3. 과거의 존재들 – 강제이주의 경험에 묶인 존재들

4. 먼 곳의 타자들 – 중앙아시아에 사는 타자들

5. 고려인에 대한 소설 밖의 논의들 – ‘지금-여기’에 살고 있는 이주민

6. ‘문학적 환대’에 대한 상상

참고문헌

키워드

Koryoin forced migration victims strangers remigration hospitality