Mobility to Homeland Depicted in Narration in Zainichi Literature: The Meaning of ‘Boarding House’ in Yuhee by Yangji Lee and ‘Hawaii’ in GO by Kazuki Kaneshiro

Zainichi literature is the literature in which Zainichi writers depict the life of Korean migrants. Therefore, Zainichi literature is narration that fundamentally contains the issue of mobility. As the range of identity movements in this globalized world has increased, it becomes difficult to interpret the issue only with the meaning of movements itself. In this study, the issue of mobility was examined by comparing Yuhee and GO. The concept of non-places that was not seen in Yuhee is found in GO, and the route that connects the motherland and Japan has expanded to the whole world. In other words, it is when Zainichi highlight their difference from Japanese that they become Zainichi. Likewise, they need to be aware of their differences from Koreans. Under the nationstate model of Korea - the motherland of the main character in Yuhee - being difficult to exist as a ‘compatriot’ becomes a reality against the background of the 1980s. However, entering the 2000s, GO focuses on Hawaii, the concept of a tourist destination as a non-place, and attempts to ‘exist’ both in Korea and Japan by viewing the existence of Zainichi neither as Korean nor as Japanese, which heralds the emergence of a new Zainichi literature and a new image of Zainichi.