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Article: http://list.or.kr/node/1043
Journal: list_Books from Korea
Issued Date: -
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: SOUTH KOREA
City: Seoul
Book: -
Writer: Kim Young-ha , Kim Insuk , Hwang Sok-yong , Jo Jung-Rae , Pak Kyongni

About the Author

Kim Young-ha
Birth : 1968 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Young-ha
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김영하
ISNI : 000000012148951X
Works : 97

Kim Insuk
Birth : 1963 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Insuk
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김인숙
ISNI : 0000000000462652
Works : 19

Hwang Sok-yong
Birth : 1943 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Sok-yong
Family Name : Hwang
Korean Name : 황석영
ISNI : 0000000121322250
Works : 133

Jo Jung-Rae
Birth : 1943 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Jung-Rae
Family Name : Jo
Korean Name : 조정래
ISNI : 0000000080867085
Works : 52

Pak Kyongni
Birth : 1926 ~ 2008
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Kyongni
Family Name : Pak
Korean Name : 박경리
ISNI : 0000000081196148
Works : 59

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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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