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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

고래와 수증기

About the Original Works

Original Title
고래와 수증기
Title Romanization
Goraewa sujeunggi
Title Sub
김경주 시집
English Title(Printed)
Whale and Vapor
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Poetry > 21st century poetry

Author
Kim Kyung Ju
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2014
Publisher
문학과지성사
ISBN
9788932026091
The Series
Moonji Poetry Collection Vol. 445
Main Characters
-
Subject/Theme
Instability; fluidity

About the Author

  • Kim Kyung Ju
  • Birth : - ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Poet
  • First Name : Kyung Ju
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김경주
  • ISNI : 000000002651588X
  • Works : 7
Descriptions(Languages 2)
  • Korean(한국어)
  • English(English)

2014년에 출간된 시인 김경주의 네 번째 시집이다. 55편의 작품이 4부에 나뉘어 수록되어 있다. 이 시집에서는 순간에만 존재하는 것들, 곧 형태를 변화하는 불안정한 것들에 대해 노래한다. 시인은 수증기, 물거품, 입김과 같이 일시적으로만 형상을 유지하는 대상들을 통해 '유동성'에 대한 정서를 드러낸다. 이는 진리, 획일성과 같은 불변하는 것들과 달리 포착할 수 없고 표현할 수 없는 것들을 시로써 드러내기 위한 선택이다.

Divided into four parts and including 55 poems, this fourth collection of Kim Kyung Ju’s poetry was published in 2014. The poet deals with the evanescent nature of things, things whose shapes are changeable and unstable. She speaks of the fluid nature of things which become visible only briefly, such as vapor, bubbles, or a puff of one’s breath. In contrast to immortal things characterized by truth or invariability, these intransient things teach us lessons that we can learn only from them.

Translated Books1

  • English(English) Book
    Whale and Vapor
    Kim Kyung Ju / Kim Kyung Ju / 2020 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Poetry > 21st century poetry
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