• (The) Research of the performance art and culture
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• no.19
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• pp.123-160
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• 2009

North Korea classify literature and art according to some concepts and standards. First, as concepts, North Korea classify Literature and Art in a species and a type. But in 1996, North Korea added third concept, a kind of Genre, Galae. This shows us that North Korea attempts to subdivide Literature and Art in classification. But there are not fixed contents in each type. So we can say that North Korea emphasis on principles of classification and at the same time they have a flexible attitude. Second, as standards, North Korea in 1987 used manner depicted, medium employed, capacity, a literary style, figured plot, quality and in 1992 used manner depicted, medium employed, object depicted, a mission, a function and in 1996 used manner depicted, medium employed, object depicted, a form of plot and in 2007 used manner depicted, medium employed, a scale and a capacity of work, a quality of materials and contents, emotional color of works, and so forth. So we can say that North Korea regard classification as an important thing as a basic work for developed Literature and art in future. And to South Korea, classification means that it could suggest a way for creative work for Literature and Art.

• The Korean Publising Journal, Monthly
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• s.245
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• pp.14-14
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• 1998

남북한이 정치적으로 통일된 후 내적 문화통합 수단로서 문학예술의 역할을 크게 제약하는 요인이 작용하게 될 것이다. 따라서 21세기 통일한국에 있어 문학예술을 어떤 방식으로 통합하여 민족문화공동체의 형성에 이바지하게 할 것인가에 대해 장기적으로 일관적인 정책기조를 마련해 놓지 않으면 안될 것이다.

• The Korean Publising Journal, Monthly
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• s.245
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• pp.10-10
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• 1998

통일시대의 문학은 다시 좌.우문학, 즉 문학의 정치성.이념성을 주장하는 사회주의 계급문학과 문학의 자율성.예술성을 강조하는 자본주의 순수문학이 갈등을 겪을 수밖에 없을 것이다. 실상 분단의 비극은 이러한 삶의 두 속성, 문학의 근본이치가 정당하게 구현되지 못한 데서 오는 온갖 모순과 불합리를 의미한다.

• Cross-Cultural Studies
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• v.40
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• pp.159-183
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• 2015

This study examined the issue of criticism in Korean Chinese literature in 1990's. This is transitional time why China introduced a market economy system. It had an important effect on Korean Chinese society not the cultural climate but also literature. Besides, Diplomatic Relation between Korea and China in 1992 gave an impulsion to changing literature. So this study tried to take note of directionality of Korean Chinese literature through the Korean Chinese magazine Literature and Art(Munhakwayesul) and Zhangbaikshan. First issue of Korean Chinese literature in early 1990's is crisis and restoration of criticism genre. At that time criticism faced with what is modernity. Some critics insisted that criticism should to improve. So it was necessary to accept foreign theory. Then they were concerned postmodernism and deideology tendency. What was important thing is that they would find their culture identity. So few critics tried to communicated with world literature. Especially they emphasized communication with Korean writer who lives in other country. Ultimately they thought that Korean Chines literature must get literal universality and ethnic speciality. For example poet Nam-YoungJeon's totem poetry is representative work. The issues of Korean Chines criticism in 1990's are not directivity of literature but also directivity of culture identity. Korean Chines literature had departed from Socialistic realism little by little and had getting diversity. Above all things criticism aimed for international sense and ethnic culture identity.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.327-334
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• 2016

From the present perspective, North Korea overcame its crisis situation of the regime, the Arduous March. What was the driving force, enabling the regime to overcome the situation that could have been collapsed? This study intended to look into what strategy the North Korean government took to unite the social minds through its documentary films in the midst of the national crisis. The results of analysis are as follows. First, the documentary films emphasize that the people should become heroes in heroic fantasies. These films present the model cases, in which the people break through the hardships with their strong willpower, as an answer. Second, they mind the defeatism and encourage the triumphalism. They stress the importance of uniting collective minds as a breakthrough in overcoming the economic crisis. Third, they place an emphasis on creating the harmonized minds. They repeat the recovery of communistic morality, which has been emphasized up to date. Collective minds are eventually the outcome obtained from social experiences. North Korea stresses to convert the arduous march into the march to the paradise by the creation of collective minds through documentary films even in difficult realities.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.82-89
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• 2017

This paper intends to examine how North Korea has incited and persuaded its people by figuring out the structure regarding the meaning creation of its documentary film "Kim Jong-un, the Respected Comrade Supreme Commander, Giving On-site Guidance on the Grand Project of the People's Army" produced in 2015, which was North Korea's politically important year. The analysis results show that its narrative structure of the film took the form of an introduction, body, and conclusion to substantiate it obviously given theme. Its imaging techniques are geared towards uplifting the public's combat mentality and its sound contributes to achieving their adherence. In this regard, its film literature has the following meaning structure: first, the film takes the form of both film annals and the structure for the public to easily comprehend; second, the film clearly demonstrates its deep-rooted theme asking for the public to follow in the footsteps of the party's late father for its leadership; and third, the film also aims to establish the images of an always awake working leader by implanting and arranging the leader's diligence about his revolutionary activities in the documentary film. North Korea's documentary films serve as a weapon used for instigating revolution and construction. Given this, the producers of all documentary films have made sure to turn film literatures into the film literatures of the great leader. It was identified that under the social vision that the Kim Jong-un regime is a "socialist civilized country", he has tightened his grip on power in North Korea through the propaganda tool of film literatures.