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Article: http://list.or.kr/node/954
Journal: list_Books from Korea
Issued Date: -
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: SOUTH KOREA
City: Seoul
Book: -
Writer: Kim Won il , Park Wansuh , Shin Kyung-sook , Kim Ae-ran

About the Author

Kim Won il
Birth : 1942 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Won il
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김원일
ISNI : 000000008175885X
Works : 35

Park Wansuh
Birth : 1931 ~ 2011
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Wansuh
Family Name : Park
Korean Name : 박완서
ISNI : 0000000120207103
Works : 102

Kyung-Sook Shin
Birth : 1963 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Kyung-sook
Family Name : Shin
Korean Name : 신경숙
ISNI : 000000008374681X
Works : 137

Kim Ae-ran
Birth : 1980 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Ae-ran
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김애란
ISNI : 0000000044728635
Works : 57

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Family: The Decline of the Patriarch, the Rise of the Matriarch By Jung Yeo-ul on Nov 09 2014 08:09:08 Special Edition 2011 Trauma, or the Mother as Origin I think it is no coincidence that the most notable Korean novels on the theme of family have the mother narrative at their core. A mother’s worldview and the values she instills in her children play a defining role in a child’s life. What is the image that comes to mind when we think of mothers? One who protects me, one who will stand by me to the end, one who will sacrifice everything for me. We have been harboring so many selfish prejudices and unjust fantasies of what a mother should be. People often forget that a mother is also a woman, a human being, someone’s daughter, and someone’s wife. People tend to seek relief from the duties of reciprocal relationships in this world by expecting to take and not give back in mother-child relationships. Our lives consist of being born into a family, creating a new one, and saying goodbye to each member as we grow older and die. The coining of the term, “single-person family” is a testament to how quickly the concept of family is changing today. As the institution of family begins to shrink and disintegrate, people develop and yearn for increasingly romantic and idealistic conceptions of happy families. While it appears as though the family is disintegrating, family is still the most basic building block of society, as well as a source of literature from which literature is born.

Translated Books316 See More

Chinese(简体) Book Available
那个男孩的家
Park Wansuh et al / 박완서 / 2007
Indonesian(Bahasa Indonesia) Book Available
Please Look After Mom
Kyung-Sook Shin / 신경숙 / 2011
Chinese(简体) Book Available
裸木
Park Wansuh et al / 박완서 / 2007