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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

아르판

About the Original Works

Original Title
아르판
Title Romanization
Areupan
English Title(Printed)
Arpan
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Author
Park Hyoung su
Co-Author
-
Published Year
-
Publisher
-
ISBN
-
Main Characters
Arpan, narrator
Subject/Theme
Self-consciousness of writing, plagiarism, essence of literature

About the Author

  • Park Hyoung su
  • Birth : - ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Hyoung su
  • Family Name : Park
  • Korean Name : 박형서
  • ISNI : 0000000042764667
  • Works : 6
Plot

Arpan is from the Waka tribe who live in the high mountains on the border of Thailand and Myanmar. He is the only person who writes in Waka, and he enjoys writing. On the other hand, the narrator has published his debut work but is depressed with no other literary achievements. Then he plagiarizes Arpan's work, publishes it, and receives favorable response from the literary circle. Having received good reviews from the public and the literary circle, the narrator invites Arpan to the “Third World Writers' Festival” to redeem the guilt he feels toward Arpan, but the readers’ reacts with cold indifference to Arpan.

Descriptions(Languages 2)
  • English(English)
  • Korean(한국어)

This is a short story from Park Hyoung su's short story collection Krabi, published in 2014. It is also the second work in ASIA Publishers’ K-Fiction series. The author’s introspection on the self-consciousness of writing, the essence of art and literature, and the boundary between the original and the copy stand out in particular. The relationship between the literary circle and one’s awareness as a writer, as well as the ethics of writing are revealed through well-structured narratives in this short story.

2014년에 출간된 박형서의 소설집<끄라비>에 수록된 단편이다. K-픽션 시리즈 두 번째 작품이다. 글쓰기에 대한 자의식, 예술과 문학의 본질, 원본과 복사본의 경계 등에 관한 작가의 내밀한 성찰이 돋보이는 작품이다. 작가로서의 인식과 문단의 관계, 글쓰기의 윤리 등이 잘 짜여진 서사를 통해 드러나 있다.

Translated Books1

  • English(English) Book Available
    Arpan
    Park hyoung su / Park hyoung su / 2014 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
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