The Taboos and the Freedom of Korean Literature

In the Republic of Korea, the nation established in the southern half of Korean Peninsula which has been divided into two, the speech to serve the interests of North Korea has been a taboo. The acts to serve the interests of North Korea has not only meant the speech to praise the North, but it has also been a taboo for the writes who left the North to live in the South describe their home country. Although they were liberated from the Japanese Imperialism and realized the independence, they were to fight the way of proxy in the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the U.S. A., and the sorrow of separated families and the hatred and distrust of the same tribes remained. Korean writers have been cast a spell on the hatred and distrust (ideology of division between two Koreas) and suppressed to write freely. Growing out of the ideology of division bewteen two Koreas can be said to be the roposition to get away from the taboos and to get the freedom of souls. It has also been a hard work to dig up the hidden history. In this paper, through the outlines, quotations, and my personal review of the literary works in Korea after the liberation, the taboos and the freedom of Korean literature are discussed