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Transnationalism in Korean Literature | LIST
Article
http://list.or.kr/node/1043
Journal
list_Books from Korea
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English(English)
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SOUTH KOREA
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Seoul
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Writer
Kim youngha , Kim Insuk , Hwang Sok-yong , Jo Jung-Rae , Pak Kyongni

About the Author

Kim youngha
  • Kim Young-ha
  • Birth : 1968 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : youngha
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김영하
  • ISNI : 000000012148951X
  • Works : 97
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Transnationalism in Korean Literature   By Kim Jonghoi on Nov 15 2014 21:31:35 Vol.24 Summer 2014 There are many writers in contemporary Korean literature whose works deeply engage with the expansion of space and transnational logics.   Among the many forms of transnationalism in literature, this article deals with the issue of crossing or breaking down boundaries in the spatial sense. In this context, transnationalism in Korean literature refers to Korean writers going beyond the spatial environment of “Korea” and staging their works in other spaces. This space is where the activities of characters or events in a writer’s work take place and the message of the writer is conveyed. The structure of this space can become a factor that determines the content of the work. In other words, a space in a literary work is a major element that makes the very existence of the work possible.   There are many writers in contemporary Korean literature whose works deeply engage with the expansion of space and transnational logics, and it is in fact common to find such writers. In Land, the opus magnum by the late Park Kyung-Ri who passed away in 2008, the scope of the story reaches to Manchuria during the Japanese occupation. We also see similar transnational expansion in Hwang Sok-yong’s Shim Chong or Princess Bari. The Great Jungle by Jo Jung-Rae caused controversy for fictionalizing the world of Chinese business for the sake of Korea, but it’s a bestseller that has done well in recent years. Kim Insuk’s Sydney, Standing at the Blue Ocean and The Long Road, Kim Young-ha’s Your Republic Is Calling You and Black Flower, and Kang Young-sook’s Rina all exemplify similar patterns of transnationalism in Korean literature today.

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