‘고난의 행군’ 이후, 북한소설에 나타난 생태 환경 담론의 특성 연구

초록

North Korea ever increased its interest in the ecological environment after it experienced march of hardship due to difficulties of food and energy in the mid-1990s. Its ecological changes affected the entire Korean peninsula. Humanity is a part of ecology, and a change to nature caused by humans will change the human life in turn. In the rule of Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s important communist-party policy focused on restoration of forests and the preservation of national lands. To boost the effects of the policy, discourses on enlightenment efforts were emphasized. This article aimed to analyze novels such as 「When Birds Fly In」 by Han Eun-hui, 「Green Forests」 by Hwang Cheol-hyun, 「Melodies of Life」 by Kim Chang-rim, and 「Second Farewell」 by Kim Hyang-sun so as to prove North Korea’s ecological discourses. North Korea’s ecological discourses are deeply related to its Juche ideology. North Korea cries out ‘Era of Mallima’ and ‘the construction of socialist power state’ based on humanitarianism of Juche ideology. North Korean residents complied with the party’s policy, yet were awakened to the seriousness of ecological problems. This suggests that North Korean people indirectly resist the state-led ecological policy. Ecological unbalance associated with natural disasters and energy problems due to deforestation endangers the human life itself. From an ecological viewpoint, measures of gradually improving the quality of life yet preventing conflicts between nature and humanity are to maintain independent small and medium-sized communities. North Korean society, which has distanced itself from global capitalism, has the possibility of forming such ‘independent small and medium-sized communities.’

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