이 글은 1974년부터 1975년까지 벌어진 일련의 정치적 사태 속에서 발현된 시민성의 위상을 ``프레스 정동``이라는 관점으로 살핀 글이다. 『동아일보』 기자들을 중심으로 결성된 자유언론실천운동의 전개과정에서 문학공론장은 자유실천문인협회를 결성하여 언론진영이 벌이는 투쟁을 적극 도왔다. 이 과정에서 신문이라는 인쇄매체는 하나의 정치적 공간으로 재탄생했으며, ``표현의 자유``는 그 계기를 촉발하는 정동적 힘을 발휘했다. 문학자들이 ``선언`` 및 문인광고를 통해 공론장을 조성하는 동안 독자들은 자신을 ``자유``, ``민주`` 시민으로 규정하면서 자발적으로 언설의 장에 합세했다.『동아일보』의 ``백지광고`` 사태는 ``시민으로서의 독자``를 호명하게 만든 계기로써 사실상 유례없는 정동적 힘의 장을 생산해냈다. ``교양의 효용``이 ``표현의 자유``와 결합하여 나타났을 때 이들 ``시민으로서의 독자``는 자유를 수행하는 주체로서 국가의 공공성을 조롱하고 문제제기하는 위협적인 존재임에 틀림없었다. 작가들이 ``선언``을 통해 문학성을 쇄신하면서 독자들에게 정동을 불어넣는 존재들이었다면, 이들은 1970년대 문학장을 ``대중``의 취향 및 소산으로 전환시킨 주체들이다. 작가는 그 대중의일원으로서 호흡하고자 했다.

This paper is written from studying on the status of the citizenship manifested in a series of political situations from 1974 to 1975 from the perspective of "press affects." In the course of developing the movement for practicing free speech, which was formed by the reporters of the Dong-A Ilbo as its central figures, the literary public sphere did organize the Association of Writers Practicing Freedom and actively helped the journalist camp in the struggle. In the process, the print media so called newspaper were reborn as a political sphere, and "freedom of expression" demonstrated an affective power to pull the trigger of the opportunity. While literary men were creating a public sphere through "declaration" and "literary men`s advertisement," readers labeled themselves as liberal / democratic citizens and joined in the discourse on a voluntary basis. The crisis of the "encouraging advertisement" in the Dong-A Ilbo acted as an occasion to name "readers as citizens," giving rise to a virtually unprecedented affective power. It stems from this matter to note that the concept of "readers as citizens" is a factor that formed "citizenship" as members of society. The reason is because culturalism and "freedom of expression" with literature as a medium played a profound role in the process of citizenship being formed. There was no doubt at all that when "cultural availability" appeared in conjunction with "freedom of expression", these "readers as citizens", as principal agents exercising freedom, became a menace that could mock the state`s publicity and raise the issues. Reflecting culturalism in an empirical and cognitive way, these are also the main agents who turned the l iterary field in the 1970s into tastes and fruits of the public. Writers sought to be in harmony as a part of the public.