Abstract

Kollontaism, along with the theory of Ellen Key, is one of the most influential thoughts to women in the way that it created a new identity of liberated women. The works and influences of Ellen Key often have been subjects to be studied in many fields in academia such as social science and literature while the ones of Kollontai never received the same degree of attention. Kollontaism which is recently imported and introduced in Korea supports the idea of Free Love. The media, especially newspapers and magazines, magnified only one aspect of Free Love. From what the media conceived Free Love states merely 'Love making is a private affair. Without considering charms women should feel free to be sexually engaged with men,' with the 'Red Love.' This incomplete presentation ruthlessly hid her idea of 'The New Women' which also affected Korean literature as significantly as the Free Love. However Korean writers who came in touch with the socialism and Kollontaism during their stays in Japan as students or workers, being influenced by Kollontai's philosophy, created many intelligent female proletarian characters in their novels under proletarian literature. Also, deeply affected by Free Love they promoted socialist love to major motive in their works. I investigated the roles of female intellectual proletarians and 'socialist love' in Korean literature. From what I found via researching on two novels, 'Homeland' by Kiyoung Lee and 'Dawn of the North Country' by Hwasung Park was that both authors are heavily influenced by the ideals of Kollontai, 'The New Women' and 'Free Love.' Finally I came to the conclusion that her works have laid considerable effects on Korean literature as far as women's roles are concerned. A thorough analysis of Kollontai's works is our job ahead to do and the 'new women' from above novels are not the same as the 'new women' relating to old Korean literature. They are imported from western culture. I felt that more in depth analysis should be done about the novels focusing on the fact that female characters are created from men's