Modern Korean Fiction : An Anthology
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"At the heart of this collection reverberates the anguished question of what is Korean... A rich variety of imaginative writing." -- Wingate Packard, Seattle Times
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To represent the past century of Korean fiction, this definitive collection extends beyond familiar writers, challenges cultural norms, and crosses political borders. By including stories from neglected female, North Korean, and wôlbuk writers (those who migrated to the North after 1945 and whose works were widely banned in South Korea) and by bringing politically engaged works together with experimental ones, this anthology articulates the ruptures and resolutions that have marked the peninsula.
From sketches of desperate peasants in straitened circumstances to fast-moving, visceral tales of contemporary South Korea, the works in this collection bear witness to the dramatic transformations and events in twentieth-century Korean history, including Japanese colonial rule, civil war, and economic modernization in the South. The writers explore these developments through a variety of literary and political lenses, revealing with precision and poignancy their impact on Korean society and the lives of ordinary Koreans. This anthology includes an introduction, which synthesizes the key developments in modern Korean literature, and a comprehensive bibliography of Korean fiction in translation.
Modern Korean Fiction : An Anthology
Modern Korean Fiction: An Anthology,Bruce Fulton,Columbia University Press,0231135130,20th century,Asian,Fiction,Korean fiction,Literary,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Short stories, Korean,Translations into English,Literary Criticism & Collections / Asian
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