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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

봄

About the Original Works

Original Title
봄
Title Romanization
Bom
English Title(Printed)
Spring
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Author
Yi Ki-yong
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2005
Publisher
-
ISBN
9788956515953
Main Characters
Yu Seondal, Yu Seokrim
Subject/Theme
Changes in the farming communities; chronicle; feudal values; new ideas

About the Author

  • Yi Ki-yong
  • Birth : 1895 ~ 1984
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Ki-yong
  • Family Name : Ri
  • Korean Name : 이기영
  • ISNI : 0000000111777139
  • Works : 28
Plot

The story traces the fall of aristocrat Yu Seondal from the Russo Japanese War to the start of the Japanese occupation of Korea. The story also introduces Yu Seokrim, who receives modern education and ideas.

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

1940년6월11일부터 같은 해 8월10일까지 <동아일보>연재한 이기영의 장편소설이다. 연재 중에 신문이 폐간되는 바람에 중단되었다가 1940년10월부터 1941년 2월<인문평론>에 연재가 재개되었지만, 검열에 의해 중단된다. 이후 작가가 월북 후, 1942년에 출간되었다가, 1957년 수정, 보완을 거쳐 재출간했다. 남한에서는 1942년판을 저본으로 삼아 1989년에 출간되었다. 작품은 작가의 유년시절을 토대로 농촌사회의 변모양상을 풍속을 중심으로 그려내었고 가족중심의 연대기적 구성을 취하고 있다.

This novel by Ri Ki-yong was serialized in The Dong-A Ilbo from June 11 to August 10, 1940. While it was being serialized, the newspaper was forced to close down, and the novel’s publication continued in Humanities Criticism from February in 1941; however, it stopped again due to censorship. The writer moved to North Korea and published the story in a single novel in 1942, and in 1957, he published the revised edition. In South Korea, the 1942 edition was published in 1989. Told as the chronicle of a family, the story is based on the writer’s own childhood experiences and the changes which took place in farming communities.

Translated Books1

  • Chinese(汉语) Book Available
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    Yi Ki-yong et al / 李箕永 / 2001 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
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