@article{ART002177312},
author={ Kim, Gae-Ja },
title={The Poet Kim Shi - Jong living in both Joseon and Japan: the Meaning of ‘Zainichi’ Expressed in Epic Poem Niigata},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2016},
volume={45},
pages={7-32},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2016.45..7},
url={http://dx.doi.org/10.21049/ccs.2016.45..7}

TY - JOUR
AU - Kim, Gae-Ja
TI - The Poet Kim Shi - Jong living in both Joseon and Japan: the Meaning of ‘Zainichi’ Expressed in Epic Poem Niigata
T2 - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2016
VL - 45
IS -
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 7-32
SN - 1598-0685
AB - This article considers the meaning of 'Zainichi (在日)' expressed in epic poem Niigata (1970) written by Korean-Japanese poet Kim Shi Jong. Kim sets two points in his creation of poetry. One is summer of liberation released from Japanese colonial domination in 1945. The other is Japan where he lives as a Korean-Japanese. These two points have made him think about the meaning of living in post-colonial era and the national division of Korea, his home country. His thought like this is well expressed in his epic Niigata. Niigata was written in 1959 when the ship returning to North Korea departed from Niigata of Japan. However, Kim couldn't return to his home country at that time. He stowed away from South Korea to Japan in 1949. He participated in antigovernment activities occurred in Jeju Island to block the national division between the south and the north after the liberation in 1945, the so-called 4·3 incident. Besides, he was having conflict with the organization of North Korea at that time because it required a doctrinaire belief and creation in Korean. Kim was writing poems in Japanese and pursued the life of existence as a Korean- Japanese. Therefore, he decided to remain in Japan instead of returning to North Korea. Of course, he could not return to South Korea because he was a refugee. Kim imagined in Niigata, the place located in an extension of the 38th parallel and the spot of national division. He could not cross the division line when he was in his home country, but he could do it in Niigata through imagination. The life as a Korean-Japanese makes it possible. 'Zainichi', which means living in Japan, has been recognized as a worse situation compared to living in Korea. However, Kim changed his way of thinking. Zainichi can embrace South Korea, North Korea, and Japan. This is the very reason why he lives there as a Korean-Japanese. His thought like this is well expressed by symbolic representations and metamorphose as well as the imagination of spatial extension.
KW - Niigata, imagination, metamorphose, spatial extension, the meaning of Zainich
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2016.45..7
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.21049/ccs.2016.45..7
ER -

Kim, Gae-Ja . 2016, “The Poet Kim Shi - Jong living in both Joseon and Japan: the Meaning of ‘Zainichi’ Expressed in Epic Poem Niigata”, Cross-Cultural Studies, vol. 45, pp. 7-32. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2016.45..7

Kim, Gae-Ja “The Poet Kim Shi - Jong living in both Joseon and Japan: the Meaning of ‘Zainichi’ Expressed in Epic Poem Niigata” Cross-Cultural Studies 45 pp. 7-32 (2016): 7.

Kim, Gae-Ja . The Poet Kim Shi - Jong living in both Joseon and Japan: the Meaning of ‘Zainichi’ Expressed in Epic Poem Niigata Cross-Cultural Studies [Internet]. 2016; 45 : 7-32. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2016.45..7

Kim, Gae-Ja . “The Poet Kim Shi - Jong living in both Joseon and Japan: the Meaning of ‘Zainichi’ Expressed in Epic Poem Niigata” Cross-Cultural Studies 45 (2016): 7-32. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2016.45..7