'Minjung' is Korean Unique collective subject. In post-liberation period, since 1970s the 'Minjung' was noted as historical subject. In 1980s this was located leading position in all the radical and revolutionary discourse. After 1990s, however, becau...
'Minjung' is Korean Unique collective subject. In post-liberation period, since 1970s the 'Minjung' was noted as historical subject. In 1980s this was located leading position in all the radical and revolutionary discourse. After 1990s, however, because of the mood of post-cold war and the introduction of the postmodernism, this concept is dethroned. This change of position of 'Minjung' is similar with the history of 'Minjung'. Thus this paper deals with the transition of history of 'Minjung' and the change of position and function of 'Minjung' in historical discourse. At first, as prehistory of the history of 'Minjung', This article reviews appearance of 'Minjung discourse' and 'history toward reunification' suggested Kang, Man-Gil in 1970s. And then, it analyzes discourse structure of history of 'Minjung' in 1980s. At last, it examines the new writing of history of 'Minjung', that is, the histories of every day life of 'Minjung' after adoption of postmodernism.