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Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Short Story

Author
Kim Dong-in
Co-Author
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Published Year
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ISBN
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Main Characters
Narrator, younger brother, narrator’s wife
Subject/Theme
Desire, misunderstanding, journey to find one’s true self

About the Author

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  • Kim Dong-in
  • Birth : 1900 ~ 1951
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Dongin
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김동인
  • ISNI : -
  • Works : 50
Plot

The narrator returns home to find his room messy. His wife and younger brother had been trying to catch a mouse while the narrator was away, but mistaking the messy room as a sign of an affair between his wife and his younger brother, the narrator hits his wife in anger. She then commits suicide, and the narrator’s younger brother leaves home. The narrator wanders for over a decade to find his brother.

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

This is a short story by Kim Dong-in, published in Changjo in June 1921. It shows the process of the protagonist, who mistakenly assumed that his brother and his wife were having an affair, finds his true self and reach self-realization.

1921년6월 <창조>에 발표한 김동인의 단편이다. 동생과 아내를 오해한 주인공이 타인에대한 반성을 통해  '참다운 자신'을 찾고 자아를 실현하는 과정을 보여준다.

Translated Books1

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    Kim Dong-in et al / 金東仁 / 2010 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Short Story
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