Early Korean Literature

Author : David McCann
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000-09-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231505741

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Early Korean Literature by David McCann Pdf

Preeminent scholar and translator David R. McCann presents an anthology of his own translations of works ranging across the major genres and authors of Korean writing—stories, legends, poems, historical vignettes, and other works—and a set of critical essays on major themes. A brief history of traditional Korean literature orients the reader to the historical context of the writings, thus bringing into focus this rich literary tradition. The anthology of translations begins with the Samguk sagi, or History of the Three Kingdoms, written in 1145, and ends with "The Story of Master Hô," written in the late 1700s. Three exploratory essays of particular subtlety and lucidity raise interpretive and comparative issues that provide a creative, sophisticated framework for approaching the selections.

Author : Peter H. Lee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003-12-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139440868

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A History of Korean Literature by Peter H. Lee Pdf

This is a comprehensive narrative history of Korean literature. It provides a wealth of information for scholars, students and lovers of literature. Combining both history and criticism the study reflects the latest scholarship and offers a systematic account of the development of all genres. Consisting of twenty-five chapters, it covers twentieth-century poetry, fiction by women and the literature of North Korea. This is a major contribution to the field and a study that will stand for many years as the primary resource for studying Korean literature.

Author : Peter H. Lee
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780824845841

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Anthology of Korean Literature by Peter H. Lee Pdf

This books offers a comprehensive sampling of the major genres of poetry and prose written from about A.D. 600 to the end of the nineteenth century. The book contains a dazzling array of myths and legends, essays and biographies, love poems and Zen poems, satirical tales and tales of wonder, stories of adventure and of heroism, as well as quieter works treating the farmer's works and days and the pleasures and sorrows of the simple life.

Author : McCann
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1988-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004644137

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Form and Freedom in Korean Poetry by McCann Pdf

Author : Tatiana Gabroussenko
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824860783

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Soldiers on the Cultural Front by Tatiana Gabroussenko Pdf

An understanding of contemporary North Korea’s literature is virtually impossible without an investigation of its formative period, 1945–1960, which saw a gradual transformation from the initial "Soviet era" to a Korean version of "national Stalinism." This turbulent epoch established a long-lasting framework for North Korean literature and set up an elaborate system of political control over literary matters, as well as over the people who served in this field. In 1946 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Il Sung described the country’s writers as "soldiers on the cultural front," thus clearly defining what the nascent Communist regime expected from its intellectuals. As a result, many literary nonentities were rewarded with fame and success (often only to be relegated once again to obscurity within a few years) while many outstanding luminaries of the past were erased from the pages of official publications or even lost their lives. The Soviet cultural impact brought new tropes, artistic images, and rhetoric, which were quickly absorbed into the North Korean discourse. However, the cultural politics of the DPRK and the USSR revealed profound and irreconcilable disparities that were rooted in the different political conditions and traditions of each country. Soldiers on the Cultural Front presents the first consistent research on the early history of North Korea’s literature and literary policy in Western scholarship. It traces the introduction and development of Soviet-organized conventions in North Korean literary propaganda and investigates why the "romance with Moscow" was destined to be short lived. It reconstructs the biographies and worldviews of major personalities who shaped North Korean literature and teases these historical figures out of popular scholarly myth and misconception. The book also investigates the specific forms of control over intellectuals and literary matters in North Korea. Considering the unique phenomenon of North Korean literary critique, the author analyzes the political campaigns and purges of 1947–1960 and investigates the role of North Korean critics as "political executioners" in these events. She draws on an impressive variety and number of sources—ranging from interviews with Korean and Soviet participants, public and family archives, and memoirs to original literary and critical texts—to present a balanced and eye-opening work that will benefit those interested in not only understanding North Korean literature and society, but also rethinking forms of socialist modernity elsewhere in the world.

Author : Ko Mi Sook & Jung Min & Jung Byung Sul
Publisher : Literature Translation Institute of Korea
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9791187947363

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The History of Korean Literature by Ko Mi Sook & Jung Min & Jung Byung Sul Pdf

An easy to read, extensive exploration of premodern Korean literature. The work covers the beginning of Korean literature until the end of the nineteenth century and would be ideal for students in Korean or Asian literature classes.

Author : Yŏng-min Kwŏn,Bruce Fulton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Korean literature
ISBN : 1557291861

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What is Korean Literature? by Yŏng-min Kwŏn,Bruce Fulton Pdf

"Outlining the major developments, characteristics, genres, and figures of the Korean literary tradition from earliest times into the new millennium, this volume includes examples, in English translation, of each of the genres and works by several of the major figures discussed in the text, as well as suggestions for further reading"--

Author : David Richard McCann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0231119461

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Early Korean Literature by David Richard McCann Pdf

Preeminent scholar and translator David R. McCann presents an anthology of his own translations of classic works encompassing the major genres and authors of the Korean literary tradition -- stories, legends, poems, historical vignettes, and other works -- with introductory essays to aid in their understanding.

Author : Hung-Gyu Kim,Robert Fouser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315285313

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Understanding Korean Literature by Hung-Gyu Kim,Robert Fouser Pdf

This study examines the development and characteristics of various historical and contemporary genres of Korean literature. It presents explanations on the development of Korean literacy and offers a history of literary criticism, traditional and modern, giving the discussion an historical context.

Author : Ann Sung-hi Lee
Publisher : Cornell East Asia Series
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCSC:32106018316718

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Yi Kwang-su and Modern Korean Literature, Mujŏng by Ann Sung-hi Lee Pdf

Yi Kwang-su (1892-1950) was one of the pioneers of modern Korean literature. When the serialization of Mujông (The Heartless) began in 1917, it was an immediate sensation, and it occupies a prominent place in the Korean literary canon. The Heartless is the story of a love triangle among three youths during the Japanese occupation. Yi Hyông-sik is a young man in his mid-twenties who is teaching English at a middle school in Seoul. Brilliant but also shy and indecisive, he is torn between two women. Kim Sôn-hyông is from a wealthy Christian family; she has just graduated from a modern, Western-style school and is planning on continuing her studies in the United States. Pak Yông-ch'ae is a musically gifted young woman who was raised in a traditional Confucian manner; due to family misfortune, she has become a kisaeng but remains devoted to Hyông-sik whom she knew as a child. The Heartless goes beyond the level of romantic melodrama and uses these characters to depict Korea's struggles with modern culture and national identity.A long critical introduction discusses Yi Kwang-su's life and work from his birth in 1892 to the publication of his first novel The Heartless in 1917. It contains in-depth analyses of the novel, Yi Kwang-su's literary theory, and early short stories.

Author : Cho Chongnae
Publisher : Chin Music Press Inc.
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781634059114

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The Human Jungle by Cho Chongnae Pdf

Equal parts muckraking novel, transnational love story, and socially engaged panorama, Cho Chongnae’s The Human Jungle portrays China on the verge of becoming the world’s dominant economic force. Against a backdrop of rapidly morphing urban landscapes, readers meet migrant workers, Korean manufacturers out to save a few bucks, high-flying venture capitalists, street thugs, and shakedown artists. The picture of China that emerges is at turns unsettling, awe-inspiring, and heart-breaking. Chongnae deftly portrays a giant awakening to its own raw, volatile, and often uncontrollable power. Translators Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton have condensed three of Chongnae’s Korean novels, each of which sold more than one million copies in South Korea, into this single English-language edition. Cho Chongnae is one of Korea’s most important living writers. He is best known for a trio of massive historical novels: the ten-volume T’aebaek Mountains (1989), the twelve-volume Arirang (1995), and the ten-volume Han River (2002). Cho lives in Seoul, South Korea. Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton are the translators of numerous volumes of modern Korean fiction, including the award-winning women’s anthologies Words of Farewell and Wayfarer, and, with Marshall R. Pihl, Land of Exile: Contemporary Korean Fiction. They have received two National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowships, including the first ever given for a translation from the Korean language, and the first residency at the Banff International Literary Translation Centre awarded to translators from any Asian language. Bruce Fulton is the inaugural holder of the Young-Bin Min Chair in Korean Literature and Literary Translation at the University of British Columbia.

Author : Young Min Kim
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781793631909

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The History of Modern Korean Fiction (1890-1945) by Young Min Kim Pdf

This book explores the history of modern Korean literature from a sociocultural perspective. Rather than focusing solely on specific authors and their works, Young Min Kim argues that the development of modern media, shifting conceptualizations of the author, and a growing mass readership fundamentally shaped the types of narratives that appeared at the turn of the twentieth century. In particular, Kim follows the trajectory of the sin sosŏl (new fiction) as it meshed with the new print and media culture to give rise to innovative and hybrid genres and literary styles. In doing so, he compellingly illuminates the relationship between literary systems and forms and underscores the necessity of re-locating literary texts in their sociohistorical contexts.

Author : Kyounghoon Lee
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781666906295

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A Cultural History of Modern Korean Literature by Kyounghoon Lee Pdf

This book examines one of the seminal chapters in the history of the modern Korea. Through an analysis of texts of various genres and types, the author analyzes Japanese colonialism and modernity and its impact on Korean culture and society during the first half of the twentieth century.

Author : Kichung Kim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315285153

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An Introduction to Classical Korean Literature: From Hyangga to P'ansori by Kichung Kim Pdf

This work provides an introduction to some of the most important and representative genres of classical Korean literature. Coverage includes: Samguk sagi and samguk yusa as literature; Kunmong and Unyongchon; the lyricism of Koryo songs; and the literature of Chosen Dynasty Women.

Author : Peter H. Lee
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Korean poetry
ISBN : 0231111126

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The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Korean Poetry by Peter H. Lee Pdf

With a foreword by Edward O. Wilson, this book brings together internationally known experts from the scientific, societal, and conservation policy areas who address policy responses to the problem of biodiversity loss: how to determine conservation priorities in a scientific fashion, how to weigh the long-term, often hidden value of conservation against the more immediate value of land development, the need for education in areas of rapid population growth, and how lack of knowledge about biodiversity can impede conservation efforts. United in their belief that conservation of biological diversity is a primary concern of humankind, the contributing authors address the full scope of global biodiversity and its decline -- the threatened marine life and extinction of many mammals in the modern era in relation to global patterns of development, and the implications of biodiversity loss for human health, agricultural productivity, and the economy. The Living Planet in Crisis is the result of a conference of the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation.