RTBF / February 16, 2018

La Libre / February 17, 2018

Librairie Mollat Bordeaux / April 10, 2014

Pour illustrer et compléter ce bref apperçu de la littérature coréenne, voici cinq auteurs... d'hier et d'aujourd'hui.

Libération / November 30, 1995

Sun-Won? Rien. On dirait que les récits de ce grand maître, même s'ils comportent des soldats et des émigrants, sont fermés aux fracas de l'Histoire dont on avait fini par penser qu'ils modelaient entièrement la littérature contemporaine du pays du Matin calme (à l'exception d'un individualiste comme Kim Sung'ok). 

Editions Zulma / -

En ces montagnes reculées règnent d'anciennes coutumes et croyances. L'ancien du village les raconte aux enfants rassemblés sous un arbre... Sa voix chaleureuse, teintée d'humour et de moquerie, donne une étonnante présence à ses personnages, petites gens d'une grande simplicité, d'une complète innocence de cœur.

Libération / November 30, 1995

Deux romanciers coréens plongent au cœur des dévastations de la guerre. Hwang Sun-won dépeint la Corée de 1946, qui vient de subir la partition et la brutale collision des destins individuels et de l'histoire. Hwang Sok-yong évoque avec force Da Nang en 1968, port vietnamien de tous les trafics / Les douleurs et les blessures entraïnèes par des bouleversements sociaux et la guerre sont des thèmes chers aux auteurs coréens dont leur pays a eu sa part. Deux romanciers qui portent le même patronyme, Hwang, brossent ici le portrait de sociétés en perdition - celle de la Corée au lendemain de la partition qui allait précipiter la péninsule dans une guerre fratricide et celle du Vietnam qui l'était déjà.

연합뉴스 / January 25, 2006

황순원의 단면소설집 '소라’가 한극문학번역원(원장 진형준)의 지원을 맡아 헝가리어로 번억 •출간됐다. 소설집은 한국외대 헝가리어과 유진일 교수와 한국외대에 교환교수로 와 있는 헝가리작가 쉬츠 졸탄이 공동 번역해 현지 라치오 출판사에서 출간했다.

list_Books from Korea / -

Religious Transcendentalism: From Fate to Free Will, a Continuous Tension   By Hur Yoonjin on Nov 09 2014 23:35:29 Special Edition 2011 Human beings have a fundamental longing for the sacred. Religion is the institutionalized result of this longing. A culture without a systematic religion or faith probably does not exist on earth. Korean culture is no exception. Unlike Western civilization, which has been based on Christianity since its inception during the Roman Empire, Korean culture has leaned toward polytheism. Until recently, shamanistic tendencies have been predominant in Korean culture. A major turning point in the religious history of Korea came at the end of the 19th century when Christian missionaries from the West arrived in Korea. Christianity, as a monotheistic religion, rejected polytheism and naturally clashed with Korea’s indigenous shamanism.   A Minor Religious War: Ulhwa by Kim Tong-ni Ulhwa is a full-length novel written in a tragically lyrical style by Kim Tong-ni about the fundamental changes that took place in Korean culture between the pre-existing shamanism and the new religion, Christianity. In Ulhwa, which is an adaptation of a short story, “The Portrait of a Shaman,” the conflict between the protagonist, Ulhwa (who represents shamanism) and Young-sul (who embodies the Christian faith) is shown by way of a dramatic narrative. Ulhwa’s birth name before she was initiated into shamanism was Ok-seon. Ok-seon has a baby son, Young-sul, who is the result of her secret relationship with a young man in her village. After her son is healed through a shamanistic ritual, she is inflicted with a shamanist ailment (mubyeong). In the end Ulhwa is initiated as a shaman and worships a female deity called Seondosan as her house deity. In both names, Ok-seon and Seondosan, one can see a Taoist influence.

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Reliving the Korean Film Renaissance (1950s-1960s)   By Chung Chong-hwa on Oct 28 2014 02:25:12 Vol.6 Winter 2009 After the liberation from Japanese rule in 1945, the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, and the declaration of a cease-fire in 1953, Korean society began its reconstruction phase in earnest. Amidst the wave of Western modernism—best represented by American culture—audiences became enamored with the glamorous American life shown in Hollywood genre films. Poet and literary critic Lim Wha once stated that cinema in the Joseon era first began by “cooperating with different neighboring cultures.” In fact, throughout its history, Korean cinema has constantly negotiated and merged with different art forms. It probably goes without saying that Korean cinema has always maintained a close relationship with literature. Traditional classic novels that are familiar to native Koreans, popular novels including newspaper serials, and literary fiction, which guaranteed the artistic level of the film, were always in constant demand from the film industry.