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Experimenting with the Imagination: Hwang Jung-eun, Kim Tae-yong, Pyun Hye-Young, Yun Ko-eun, and Han Yujoo | LIST

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http://list.or.kr/node/866
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English(English)
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SOUTH KOREA
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Seoul
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Hwang Jungeun , Kim Taiyoung , Pyun Hye Young , Yun Ko Eun , Han Yujoo

About the Author

  • Hwang Jungeun
  • Birth : 1976 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Jungeun
  • Family Name : Hwang
  • Korean Name : 황정은
  • ISNI : 0000000118516177
  • Works : 28
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Experimenting with the Imagination: Hwang Jung-eun, Kim Tae-yong, Pyun Hye-Young, Yun Ko-eun, and Han Yujoo   By Jung Yeo-ul on Nov 01 2014 00:08:55 Vol.12 Summer 2011 Prologue: Young Writers Examine Korean Society After the Democratization Movement Young Korean writers who have emerged in the 21st century charm readers through their imagination and literary experimentation. Hwang Jung-eun, Pyun Hye-young, Kim Tae-yong, and Han Yujoo represent the group of young writers who have overturned the unwavering tradition of realism in Korean literature. These writers experiment with narrative in unusual ways and create works that are unconventional compared to a traditional Korean narrative. Depicting a multifaceted portrait of Korean society where “structural democracy” is permitted but “democracy in practice” is still miles away, the writers render characters fighting against the “desire to consume,” which takes hold of the masses with a powerful influence no match for democracy.   1. Hwang Jung-eun: Chased to the Periphery of the City For Hwang Jung-eun’s wretched characters, survival is such a pressing issue that democracy is the least of their problems. With real estate prices through the roof and the cost of living changing daily in a metropolis, especially in Seoul, one has to first and foremost survive in the struggle to secure a living space. The winds of redevelopment tear through the city under the guise of “designing a stylish city.” The laws of capitalism continue to push for something newer and more efficient, and the majority who cannot stay on top of these trends must suffer under the high cost of living and housing. In “One Hundred Shadows,” Hwang Jung-eun gives us shrewd commentary on a ruthless society that defines someone’s neighborhood as a trivializing “slum:” “Don’t they simply label the area “slum” because it’s an area to be leveled at some point, and things get too complicated if you think of it in terms of someone’s livelihood or living space?” Can we violently label a space where someone eats, sleeps, and raises children with the term, “slum?” Society has too easily integrated the term into its vocabulary and “othered” the space referred to as such, because the slums are nothing more than future sites for fancy apartment complexes, where even the memories of the so-called slums will disappear without a trace.

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