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A Study on the Identity of French Culture Kim Nam Youn (Kangwon National University) The paper develops the various liaisons that may be established between the words ‘culture’ and ‘identity’ and through this interaction define as to what may actually constitute as being the dynamics behind cultural understanding. Most of the studies relating to culture and societal environments in the past were largely based on nationalistic movements which were quite frequently influenced by political landscapes of the concerned society. To surmount this obstacle and misunderstandings the paper proposes to delimit the subject of research to, and only to, outstanding cultural aspects. The research will limit and focus on France today, which is a multi-cultural society. The decision to limit the boundaries thus to France was made, in that France had already gone through the turbulence of establishing a multi-cultural society. The cultural superiority theory in France of the ethnic group Gaul, which is an union of German and Frank ethnic societies, is only a nationalistic outburst and has no basis and should not be taken seriously. The historical religious denomination also should be discarded. Even though the Roman Catholics and the Protestants both make up a large part of the population, the French today identify more with laïcité rather then with the traditional religions. The French language should also be taken out of the equation because French as a language only began to be used widely across the country in the latter half of the 19th century. In short, what we mean by French today is rather difficult to discern. And to this end the cultural means may be the last objectival solution as to identify what truly refers to being ‘French.’ The cultural identities of the past and the present that one identifies may give us an insight as to how cultural identity of a society will evolve in the future. To maintain objectivity of the research, words ethnically incorrect will also be addressed. It is to limit general prejudice and occasional stereotyping that one might have to answer to in order for the research to conclude with a satisfying result. Finally, it is necessary not to be satisfied with just a proclamatory result but to see it as an ‘activer’ of cultural circumstances.

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• 김남연 [ Kim Nam Youn | 강원대학교 ]

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