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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

비화밀교

비화밀교
Original Title
비화밀교
Title Romanization
Bihwamilgyo
English Title (Printed)
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Classification

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

Author
Yi Chong-Jun
Co-Author
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Published Year
2003
Publisher
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ISBN
9788932021201
Main Characters
Narrator (Jeong-hun), Jo Seung-ho
Subject/Theme
A sense of community, religious rituals, pursuit of utopia
Writer default image
  • Yi Chong-Jun
  • Birth : 1939 ~ 2008
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Chong-Jun
  • Family Name : Yi
  • Korean Name : 이청준
  • ISNI : 0000000453018634
  • Works : 67
Plot

The narrator meets Jo Seung-ho by chance at a meeting to celebrate the publication of a novelist's new book. Jo suggests going hiking to J-eup on the last night of the year, where a secret event is being held. When the narrator follows Jo to the top of Mt. Jewang, there are people holding torches and dancing strangely. This event is said to be a one-day event a year to shed all relationships, exchange greetings, and confirm the secret power. The narrator knows this experience is a shocking one that would make a great fiction story, but Jo tells him not to write about it. However, the narrator ignores his words and write a story about the experience.

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

This is a short story by Yi Chong-Jun published in Munhak sasang (Literature & Thought) in 1985. In this work, Yi Chong-Jun reveals a journey to death that encompasses religion, politics, and history, as well as his pursuit of the “root.” It is considered a work that reveals Yi’s thematic consciousness as he seeks to gain insight into the spiritual world beyond reality and reason.

1985년 <문학사상>에 발표된 이청준의 단편소설이다. 이 작품에서 이청준은 종교, 정치, 역사를 아우르는 죽음에 대한 여정과 '근본'에 대한 지향을 드러내고 있다. 현실과 이성 너머의 정신세계를 통찰하고자 하는 이청준의 주제 의식이 드러나는 작품으로 평가된다.

Translated Books1

  • Das geheime Feuerfest
    German(Deutsch) Available
    Das geheime Feuerfest
    Yi Chong-Jun et al / YI Chungjun / 2000 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

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