김정일 사후 북한소설에 나타난‘통치와 안전’의 작동 - 인민의 자기통치를 위한 기억과 재현의 정치

초록

If we pay attention to a sudden political change, the characteristics of a particular community are revealed. With regard to the changes of the North Korean society, we need to take notice of the death of Kim Jeong Il occurred on December 17, 2011. It is interesting to note the actions of the North Korean system to cope with the sudden death of Kim Jeong Il. While the existing researches were conducted focusing on the arrival of a new leader, Kim Jeong Eun, this research examines the aspects of the North Korean system returning to ‘normality’ through the operation of ‘rule and security.’ In particular, this research examined the fact that North Korean novels after the death of Kim Jeong Il deal with ‘the death of a political leader’ from the aspect of ‘politics of memory and reproduction.’ Through this, the antagonistic relationship between the North Korean people’s self-mobilization aspect and the rule was analyzed. In the North Korean novels after the death of Kim Jeong Il, uneasy consciousness is revealed everywhere. Kim Ha Neul’s Eternal Bosom, which describes the mourning for Kim Jeong Il with a sense of uneasiness and at the same time as the energy to convert it into the security of the state, is impressive. Choi Jong Ha’s Deep Roots, Kim Keum Ok’s Fragrance of Flowers, and Seo Nam Jin’s Stories in the Photograph are all noteworthy from the aspect of memory and reproduction. North Korean novels after the death of Kim Jeong Il are planning to institutionalize revolution by juxtaposing mourning and daily life. The new Kim Jeong Eun system can be viewed as not just another similar leader subsequent to Kim Il Sung and Kim Jeong Il but as the stabilization of the rule of the people for the security of the present system. North Korean novels emphasize the voluntary dedication of the people and the mobilization of the people’s autonomy. Concentrating on ‘light industry’ and ‘improvement of life of the people’ internally while claiming to advocate the symbolic outcomes of ‘military first’ policy also can be understood in the similar context. While Kim Jeong Il restored the people’s economy impoverished by ‘March of Hardship’, Kim Jeong Eun is most likely to give priority to social security through the sovereignty of the state system. It is expected that Kim Jeong Eun’s rule will be the rule operated by the broad spontaneity of the people who identify themselves with the destiny of the nation, rather than the rule based on the leader’s overwhelming charisma. Accordingly, the sustainability of ‘rule and security’ of the North Korean system needs to be explored by paying attention to the ‘self-rule’ of the political leader, Kim Jeong Eun.

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