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KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social

Author
Pak Kyongni
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Main Characters
Choe Champan, Choe Seohui, Jo Jungu, Gilsang, Gwinyeo, Kim Pyeongsan, Yu Insil, Yeonggwang, Yunguk
Subject/Theme
Universality of life; modern Korean history; han; survival; love

About the Author

  • Pak Kyongni
  • Birth : 1926 ~ 2008
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kyongni
  • Family Name : Pak
  • Korean Name : 박경리
  • ISNI : 0000000081196148
  • Works : 59
Descriptions(Languages 2)
  • Korean(한국어)
  • English(English)

1969년에 시작하여 1994년에 총5부 16권으로 완간된 박경리의 대하장편소설이다. 작품은 구한말(舊韓末)부터 1945년 해방을 대상으로 하여 '소설로 쓴 한국근대사'라고 불리워지기도 한다. 작가는 평사리의 대지주 최참판 가족의 흥망성쇠와 동학혁명, 일제 식민지 시기 그리고 1945년 8월의 해방을 작품의 주요한 사건으로 다루고 있다. 전체 5부중에서 <1부>는 농촌 평사리의 최참판 가족의 비밀과 일제의 의한 국권상실 등 한말의 사회적 전환기를 다루었고, <2부>는 1910년대 간도의 한인사회를, <3부>는 1919년3월부터 1929년의 원산총파업 시기를 배경으로 최서희를 중심으로 한 최씨일가의 부흥을 식민자본화 과정의 일부로 다룬다. <4부>는 1930년대, 1937년의 중일전쟁을 배경으로 길상의 출옥 등을 중심으로 민족주의, 공산주의, 무정부주의 등 다양한 독립운동 노선을 보여준다. <5부>는 1940년부터 1945년8월까지를 배경으로 송관수의 죽음, 길상의 독립운동단체 해체, 태평양 전쟁 발발 등을 다뤘다. 작가는 시대를 넘나드는 이야기를 통해 인간 보편의 삶과 고통에 직면한 사람들의 한(恨)과 생명력을 전하고자 했음을 알 수 있다.

This is a multi-volume, five-part saga by Pak Kyongni, who wrote it between 1969 and 1994. Following the rise and fall of a landowning family in Pyeongsari from the final years of the Korean Empire to the liberation in 1945, the work is considered a fictional write-up of modern Korean history. Major events in the work include the Donghak Revolution, the Japanese colonial period, and the liberation of August 1945. The work is composed of sixteen volumes, and the story is divided into five parts. Part one introduces the Choe family of Pyeongsari during the tail end of the Korean Empire, a period of societal transition and the erosion of Korean sovereignty by Japanese colonial expansionism. The second part deals with Korean society in Gando in the 1910s, while the third, set against the backdrop of the March 1st Movement and the Wonsan Strike of March 1929, follows Choe Seohui and the revival of her family, as well as the process of Japanese colonial capitalization. The fourth part depicts the various strands – nationalist, communist, and anarchist – of the independence movement, focusing on Gilsang’s release from prison in the Sino-Japanese War of 1937. The fifth and final part is set between 1940 and August 1945, and deals with the death of Song Gwansu, the dissolution of Gilsang’s independence movement group, and the outbreak of the Pacific War. In this universal tale of suffering and survival, the author conveys the han of the Korean people during a period of historical turbulence, as well as their enduring ability to live.

Translated Books43 See More

  • Chinese(汉语) Book Available
    土地
    Pak Kyongni et al / 朴景利 / 2008 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social
  • English(English) Book
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    Pak Kyongni et al / PARK KYONG-NI / 1996 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social
  • French(Français) Book Available
    LA TERRE
    Pak Kyongni et al / PAK KYUNG-NI / 1994 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social

E-Books & Audiobooks1

  • English(English) E-Books
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    Pak Kyongni et al / PARK KYONG-NI / 2014 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social
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