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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

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Original Title
상록수
Title Romanization
Sangnoksu
English Title (Printed)
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Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1910-1945

Author
Shim Hun
Co-Author
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Published Year
1935
Publisher
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ISBN
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Main Characters
Chae Yeong-sin, Park Dong-hyeok, Kang Gi-cheon
Subject/Theme
Rural village, enlightenment, love, nationalism
Writer default image
  • Shim Hun
  • Birth : 1901 ~ 1936
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Hun
  • Family Name : Shim
  • Korean Name : 심훈
  • ISNI : 0000000083928357
  • Works : 12
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Plot

Park Dong-hyeok and Chae Yeong-sin come to know each other while participating in the Student Rural Enlightenment Movement. They are sent to Cheongseokgol, Gyeonggi Province, where they work hard on rural projects. However, due to a scheme plotted by the vicious landowner Kang Gi-cheon, Yeong-sin is killed, and Dong-hyeok decides to do her part as well.

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

This novel is considered a representative Korean rural novel about rural projects and nationalism during the Japanese colonial period in the 1930s.

이 작품은 1930년대 일제 강점기의 농촌사업과 민족주의를 다룬 한국 농촌소설의 대표작으로 평가된다.

Translated Books3

  • 常綠樹
    Japanese(日本語)
    常綠樹
    Shim Hun et al / 심훈 / 1981 / -
  • Cây thường xanh
    Vietnamese(Tiếng Việt) Funded by LTI Korea
    Cây thường xanh
    SHIM HUN / SHIM HUN / 2007 / -
  • Her Dem Yeşil
    Turkish(Türkçe) Funded by LTI Korea Available
    Her Dem Yeşil
    Shim Hun et al / Şim Hun / 2022 / -
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