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The Farmers

About the E-Books

Author
Cho Myunghee
Co-Author
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Translator
Peter Lee
Publisher
Literature Translation Institute of Korea
Published Year
2013
Country
SOUTH KOREA (Seoul)
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1910-1945

Original Title
농촌 사람들
Romanization of Original
Nongchon saramdeul
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9788993360172
Page
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Series
20th Century Korean Literature

About the Author

  • Cho Myung-hee
  • Birth : 1894 ~ 1938
  • Occupation : Poet
  • First Name : Myung-hee
  • Family Name : Cho
  • Korean Name : 조명희
  • ISNI : 0000000022626195
  • Works : 13
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Descriptions -
  • English(English)

Cho Myung-hee is a representative writer of the Japanese colonial period who followed the communist ideologies of KAPF (Korean Federation of Proletarian Art) and fiercely depicted in literature the dark reality of farm life in those days. “The Farmers” is one of his representative stories. It highlights the harsh life of farmers in the colonial period who are driven from their land and migrate to such places as Gando in China and Japan or into a life of poverty in the cities. Through this short story Cho vividly depicts the cruel reality experienced by farmers in colonial Joseon, despoiled by imperialism and ruined by famine and drought.