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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

서편제

서편제
Original Title
서편제
Title Romanization
Seopyeonje
Title Sub
이청준 연작소설
English Title(Printed)
Seopyeonje
Classification

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

Author
Yi Chong-Jun
Co-Author
-
Published Year
1993
Publisher
열림원
ISBN
8970630368
The Series
지식을만드는지식 시선집
Main Characters
Man, owner of the inn, father, woman singer
Subject/Theme
Namdo art, pansori, artist fiction, sentiment of han (sorrow), fate
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

At an inn in Soritjae, Jeolla Province, a man hears the female of owner of the inn singing. When he asks the woman about how she learned to sing, she tells him that she’d learned it from a blind girl. She also tells him that the reason the girl is blind is because her father purposefully put acid in her eyes to make her blind. This story prompts the man to recall his heartless father, who had been a pansori singer. In the past, the man hated his father and secretly ran away, leaving behind his younger sister and father. The woman at the tavern learns that the man is the blind girl’s older brother, and the man sets off on a journey to find his sister.

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

This is a short story by Yi Chong-Jun published in Ppuri gipeun namu (Deep Rooted Tree) in 1976. This is the first work in Yi Chong-Jun's “The People of Namdo” series. It is artistically embodies the sentiments of han (恨 sorrow) through the strange fate of two sibling singers.

1976년 <뿌리깊은 나무>에 발표된 이청준의 단편소설이다. 이청준의 '남도 사람' 연작 중 첫 번째 작품에 해당한다. 이 작품은 소리꾼 남매의 기구한 운명을 통해 한恨의 정서를 예술적으로 형상화하고 있다고 평가된다.

Translated Books5 See More

  • LA CHANTEUSE DE P'ANSORI
    French(Français) Available
    LA CHANTEUSE DE P'ANSORI
    Kim Dongri et al / KIM DONG-NI / 1997 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999
  • Canto del oeste coreano
    Spanish(Español) Available
    Canto del oeste coreano
    Yi Chong-Jun et al / Yi Chongjun / 2004 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999
  • Песни Западного края
    Russian(Русский) Funded by LTI Korea Available
    Песни Западного края
    Yi Chong-Jun et al / Ли Чхончун / 2010 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999

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