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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

꿈꾸는 인큐베이터

꿈꾸는 인큐베이터
Original Title
꿈꾸는 인큐베이터
Title Romanization
Kkumkkuneun inkyubeiteo
English Title (Printed)
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Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999

Author
Park Wansuh
Co-Author
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Published Year
1993
Publisher
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ISBN
9788984350212
Main Characters
The narrator receives assistance from a man at her niece’s pre-school talent show by chance and happens to grab tea with him. He introduces himself as the father of two girls. While conversing with the man, he expresses that it is not necessary to have a son, and the narrator asserts that his opinion is only a delusion and argues the necessity for a son. The narrator is yet raw from the pain of having been forced to undergo an abortion by her husband and his family in order to give birth to a boy.
Subject/Theme
Male-dominant society, oppressed women, preference for sons over daughters
Park Wansuh
  • Park Wansuh
  • Birth : 1931 ~ 2011
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Wansuh
  • Family Name : Park
  • Korean Name : 박완서
  • ISNI : 0000000120207103
  • Works : 102
Plot

The narrator receives assistance from a man at her niece’s pre-school talent show by chance and happens to grab tea with him. He introduces himself as the father of two girls. While conversing with the man, he expresses that it is not necessary to have a son, and the narrator asserts that his opinion is only a delusion and argues the necessity for a son. The narrator is yet raw from the pain of having been forced to undergo an abortion by her husband and his family in order to give birth to a boy.

Descriptions(Languages 2)
  • English(English)
  • Korean(한국어)

This is a short story by Park Wansuh, published in Hyundae Munhak in January 1993. It projects the contradictions and suffering that women experience in Korean society, ruled by male-dominant Confucian traditions.

1993년 1월<현대문학>에 발표한 박완서의 단편이다. 남성우위의 유교적 전통이 지배하는 한국사회에서 여성이 겪는 모순과 고통을 소설적으로 형상화했다.

Translated Books1

  • Die träumende Brutmaschine
    German(Deutsch) Available
    Die träumende Brutmaschine
    Park Wansuh et al / Pak WanSo / 1995 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999

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