넷플릭스 콘텐츠에 나타난 ‘북한’ 표상 연구

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study attempted to extract the geopolitical specificity of the so-called ‘K-content’ by analyzing the representation of ‘North Korea’ in Netflix’s original content (Korea). As a result of the analysis, the following points were confirmed. As the episode of ‘Bulkogi Ghost Story’ in <D.P>, the representation of North Korea reproduced based on the past Cold War ideology evokes the reality of absolute ‘evil’ and functions as a device to conceal the contradiction of South Korean society. On the other hand, Netflix original contents, which have been successful in box office worldwide in recent years, show a pattern of representation of North Korea being reproduced in a wide variety of ways. First, a new stereotype tends to appear as a blank space in the narrative. Second, a new female character emerges to evangelize the existing mainstream gender role. Third, the possibility of solidarity between minorities in the two Koreas as a ‘refugee’ is raised. These trends are important not only to show the world’s public perception of North Korea at present, but also to raise rich questions about the direction of ‘K-content’ based on the geopolitical specificity of the Korean Peninsula in the future.