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Sad Contradiction

About the E-Books

Author
Yang Geon-sik
Co-Author
-
Translator
Hwang Sun-Ae,Horace Jeffery Hodges
Publisher
Literature Translation Institute of Korea
Published Year
2014
Country
SOUTH KOREA (Seoul)
Classification

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

Original Title
슬픈 모순
Romanization of Original
Seulpeun mosun
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9788993360677
Page
-
Series
20th Century Korean Literature

About the Author

  • Yang Geon-sik
  • Birth : 1889 ~ 1944
  • Occupation : Novelist, Critic, Translator
  • First Name : Geon-sik
  • Family Name : Yang
  • Korean Name : 양건식
  • ISNI : -
  • Works : 0
About the Original Work
  • 슬픈 모순
  • Author : -
  • Published Year : 1918
  • English Title : Sad Contradiction
More About the Original Work
Descriptions -
  • English(English)

One of the pioneers of modern Korean literature, Yang Geon-sik (1889 – 1944) was born in Tap-dong, Gyeong-seong in 1889. He started his literary career in 1915 when he published a story titled “Image of a Stone Lion,” which had a strongly Buddhist undertone, in the Monthly News of the Society for Promoting Buddhism. He afterwards revealed his self-reflection on literature and his critical consciousness on reality through works such as “Homecoming” and “Sad Contradiction,” among others. Like many writers of his time, he also worked as a literary critic, and his criticism shows some hints of early thought on l’art pour l’art, requiring the recognition of art’s aesthetic quality.