1930년대 로칼 칼라 담론 연구

A Study on the Local Color Discourse in the 1930s

In this paper, I attempt to examine the local color discourse in the 1930s. During that time, the Chosun films changed into talkies and Korean film makers felt the need to export their films to foreign countries. Some people started to claim that they should put the Chosunness into their works for this purpose. Sentiments that it was the only way for the Chosun films to prosper was getting popular. Wayfarer by Lee Gyu-Whan was the milestone, which many thought owed its success in Japan to its Chosunness touch. But the local color discourse was faced with much criticism too. First of all, there was no escape from the Occidentalism view, because Chosunese sentiments were made from the Japanese perspective, making it hard to take a objective view to realities of Korean society. Therefore it leaded to another claim to connect Chosunness into universal values instead of taking the exotic approach. The local color discourse emerging in the 1930s was much influential on the course of Korean film after Liberation. Exports of Korean films always accompanied the local color discourse, so did discussions about Korean films identity. For it was closely linked to realism of Korean films.