근대 신화의 역설 : 고산자 김정호와 대동여지도의 경우 :고산자 김정호와 대동여지도의 경우

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doi:10.38080/crh.2018.05.123.340

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고산자 김정호와 대동여지도의 경우

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역사비평사
역사비평 학술저널
역사비평 2018년 여름호(통권 제123호)
2018.5 340 - 364 (27page)
DOI : 10.38080/crh.2018.05.123.340

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Daedongyeojido is Korea’s treasured cultural heritage from the 19th century, representing the map making technology and the level of geographical studies of the times. Kim, Jung-ho, the mastermind behind the map, was an outstanding map maker. However, the legend that he surveyed the entire country by foot, that he climbed Mountain Baekdoo three times and that he lost his life because Heungsundaewongoon (father of King Kojong and the most powerful political figure at the time) did not like Kim Jung-ho, is all just a groundless myth. This paper investigates how this myth is created, expanded and continuously reproduced even to this day. This myth surrounding Kim was first initiated by Choi, Nam-sun, and was further developed into a plausible story by Shin, Young-chul and Choi, Jin-soon in an article in the monthly magazine. Choi N.S. portrayed Kim as a figure comparable to and even better than Japan’s Ino Tadataka. Shin and Choi J.S. added further features to the story. In this process, inaccurate information, exaggerations and out-right lies were added to the story, creating a ‘heroic tale’of Kim as a legendry figure. Daedongyeojido was denied of its actual value as a cultural heritage, and instead, used as a mere tool in the making of the myth of Kim as a ‘hero’. In his myth, Josoen is portrayed as a land of savage and unknown, and Kim is depicted as an explorer wondering around his country. This narrative results in the nationalistic myth paradoxically serving as self-denial. The story is ultimately introduced in the textbooks made by the Japanese Government-General of Korea. Becoming a textbook material, Kim’s story came to be known and accepted as common sense and even in the years that followed, Kim remained a national science hero, depicted as an eager, determined figure that epitomized the strong-willed Koreans. Kim’s myth is a clear example of how a made-up history with a specific purpose in mind can easily be transformed into an ideological tool to be used by those in power.

#Kim, Jung-ho #Daedongyeojido #Nationalistic myth #hero #Choi, Nam-sun #Ino Tadataka

1. ‘김정호와 대동여지도’라는 근대 신화
2. 신화의 탄생-민족문화유산과 위인 만들기
3. 확산과 고착-자기 땅을 탐험하는 고독한 과학자
4. 전환-한국의 위인, ‘한국인’의 재발견
5. 신화에서 벗어나기-김정호 이야기에 대해
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