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The Study on Gangwon-Yeongdong Regional Literature Nam, Gi-taek The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the characteristic in Gangwon-Yeongdong regional literature. Regional literature tries to show modernity and regional characteristics. Fair value assessment of the regional literature can help rectify the unfair cultural structure and is a way to develop Korean literature itself. This paper focus on the characteristics in regional literature, paying special attention to poetic works which are considered as post-colonial literature. There are two facets in regional literature; One is alienation from mainstream literature, the other is possibility of minority literature. This thesis tries to apply the modernity in broad sense to its literary works based on the efforts to examine regional characteristics. The literary world which emphasizes the universal lyricism is occupying a conspicuous position in Korean regional literature such as the trend of reflecting the regional traits. Efforts are needed to be made to revitalize regional literature through various means. For this, efforts as well as a scholarly critical-minded approach to the regional writers are essential. Moreover, locality, or ecological․coal mine․maritime literature in Gangwon-Yeongdong regional literature, can be the strategic objective to which the literature should pay attention in modern times. The problem of regional literature and portraying such regional life is one of the alternative, strategic categories that help overcome today’s Korean literary landscape.