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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

요한 시집

About the Original Works

Original Title
요한 시집
Title Romanization
Yohan sijip
English Title(Printed)
The Poetry of John : Volume 108
Classification

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

Author
Chang Yong-hak
Co-Author
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Published Year
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Publisher
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ISBN
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Main Characters
Nu-hye, Dong-ho
Subject/Theme
Freedom, nihilism

About the Author

  • Chang Yong-hak
  • Birth : 1921 ~ 1999
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Yong-hak
  • Family Name : Chang
  • Korean Name : 장용학
  • ISNI : 0000000078331396
  • Works : 6
Plot

Nu-hye, once a hero of the people, is treated as a corrupted enemy of the people in the Geoje prison camp and is severely abused. One day, he hangs himself on the barbed wire fence surrounding the prison camp, and Dong-ho, who reads Nu-hye's will, is reborn.

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

This is a short story by Chang Yong-hak, published in the July issue of Hyundae Munhak in 1955. With a unique structure in which the fable of a rabbit (which gets trapped in a cave but goes blind and dies as soon as it escapes the cave) and the extreme situation that Nu-hye finds himself in, this story explores the freedom of humans living in modern times.

1955년 『현대문학』 7월호에 발표된 장용학의 단편소설이다. 동굴에 갇혀있던 토끼가 밖으로 나오자마자 눈이 멀어 죽는다는 우화와 극한 상황에 처한 '누혜'라는 인물의 상황을 오버랩시키는 독특한 구조로 현대를 살아가는 인간의 자유에 대해 탐구한 작품으로 평가받는다.

Translated Books1

  • English(English) Book Available
    The Poetry of John
    Chang Yong-hak et al / 張竜鶴 / 2015 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Short Story
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