장편서사시 『생의 노래』 연구

초록

The purpose of this study is to closely examine 『Song of life』(1950) by Jo Gi-cheon, evaluated as the first long epic poetry whose material is labor in North Korean literature. the long epic poetry, 『Song of life』 is the work featuring the characteristics of the early North Korean literature overall. 『Song of life』 is the piece of work, which incorporates the character of noble realism in the early North Korean literature, the embodiment of labor hero along with mass heroism and goodwill idea between Korea and the Soviet Union on the ground of the advent of the internationalism idea. 『Song of life』 features the antagonism between a positive character and a negative character which was the key writing methodology of noble realism and confrontational structure between the old and the new. 『Song of life』 highly emphasized for the educational function intended to set an example for the general public, embodying a labor hero in the process of the establishment of the new country. Outstanding for the organic harmony of lyric and epic, 『Song of life』 is distinguished from the conventional North Korea long epic poetries. The organic harmony of lyric and epic is not only the fundamental factor of 『Song of life』being evaluated as successful work but also the important feature in Jo Gi-Cheon’s poetry. 『Song of life』 becomes a subject of discussion in that it was adapted differently from the original work. The subject related with the Soviet Union was completely deleted from the text published after the rise of self reliance ideology. The subject related with the Soviet Union is concerned to the significant writing background, the development aspects of the key epic structure, and the intention of writing poetry etc. The fundamental reason of 『Song of life』 being adapted was the consequence of self reliance ideology that the Government authorities in North Korea strived to escape the influence of the Soviet Union somehow with ‘August Denomination event’ in 1956. Until now, 『Song of life』 has not been well-known to researchers in South Korea yet, but it has been evaluated as a work of great significance. 『Song of life』 as a piece of work featuring the characteristics of the early North Korean literature overall plays an important role such as a topographical map compressively demonstrating the characteristics of the early North Korean literature.

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