Novels in the 1920s and 1930s in which migration experience was depicted specifically reflect the actual aspects of migration to each region. Especially these novels tell stories about the life after migration in detail, which shows how the collective identity or a sense of community among the migrants is formed based on certain situations or environments.Since the Japanese imperialism was the main force to isolate Koreans and make them leave their home country, moving to Japan,despite its location outside the Korean peninsula, is considered moving within the territory because it was affected directly by the imperial authority. Therefore migration to Japan revealed more visible discrimination and a sense of difference or blockade against Koreans. As marginal people under the Japanese authority, Koreans in Japan were clearly considered secondary to Japanese. Under the blocked state within the territory, new alternatives to ‘no nationality’and a new sense of community were limited.Migration to the US on the other hand, was a form of deportation away from the colonial authority. Therefore migration to the US focused more on re-establishing the sense of ethics on a personal level rather than experience of collective discrimination and exclusion because it was not directly exposed to the Japanese authority that relatively isolated Koreans. Without addressing the issues of new spaces, conflicts with the main groups and forming new communities through relationships, it remains at the relative state to the collective sense of community formed in the past.
Novels in the 1920s and 1930s in which migration experience was depicted specifically reflect the actual aspects of migration to each region. Especially these novels tell stories about the life after migration in detail, which shows how the collective identity or a sense of community among the migrants is formed based on certain situations or environments.Since the Japanese imperialism was the main force to isolate Koreans and make them leave their home country, moving to Japan,despite its location outside the Korean peninsula, is considered moving within the territory because it was affected directly by the imperial authority. Therefore migration to Japan revealed more visible discrimination and a sense of difference or blockade against Koreans. As marginal people under the Japanese authority, Koreans in Japan were clearly considered secondary to Japanese. Under the blocked state within the territory, new alternatives to ‘no nationality’and a new sense of community were limited.Migration to the US on the other hand, was a form of deportation away from the colonial authority. Therefore migration to the US focused more on re-establishing the sense of ethics on a personal level rather than experience of collective discrimination and exclusion because it was not directly exposed to the Japanese authority that relatively isolated Koreans. Without addressing the issues of new spaces, conflicts with the main groups and forming new communities through relationships, it remains at the relative state to the collective sense of community formed in the past.
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