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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

카인의 후예

About the Original Works

카인의 후예
Original Title
카인의 후예
Title Romanization
Kainui huye
Title Sub
長篇小說
English Title(Printed)
The Descendants of Cain
Classification

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

Author
Hwang Sun-Won
Co-Author
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Published Year
1954
Publisher
-
ISBN
-
Main Characters
Pak Hun, Tosop, Ojaknyo, Samduk
Subject/Theme
National polarity and conflict due to the division, fight between landowners and tenant farmers, land reform

About the Author

Writer default image
  • Hwang Sun-Won
  • Birth : 1915 ~ 2000
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Sun-Won
  • Family Name : Hwang
  • Korean Name : 황순원
  • ISNI : 0000000108762577
  • Works : 85
Plot

Pak Hun, the son of a wealthy landowner, is in the danger of getting his land confiscated and himself purged after Korea’s liberation from the Japanese rule. But thanks to the help of Ojaknyo, the daughter of a tenant farmer Tosop, he survives and plans to leave for South Korea with Ojaknyo. Yet when he witnesses his uncle Pak Yongje commit suicide after being purged because of Tosop, he decides to kill Tosop. Hun confronts Tosop, but he regains his senses when Ojaknyo’s younger brother Samduk stops him, and finally leaves his home with Ojaknyo.

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

This is a novel by Hwang Sun Won, serialized in Munye from September 1953 to March 1954. Through the image of an intellectual who suffer an ordeal due to North Korea’s land reform after Korea’s liberation from the Japanese rule, it provides a realistic description of the opposing ideologies at the time. In addition, this work is considered to have addressed the issue of human salvation, in which humans overcome evil with goodness and love.

1953년 9월부터 1954년 3월까지 <문예>에 연재된 황순원의 작품이다. 광복 후 북한의 토지개혁으로 인해 시련을 겪는 지식인을 통해 당시 이념대립의 상황을 실제적으로 묘사했다. 또한 인간의 선과 사랑을 통해 악을 극복하는 인간구원의 문제를 다뤘다는 평가를 받는다.

Translated Books5 See More

  • Kainovi potomci
    Czech(Český Jazyk) Book Available
    Kainovi potomci
    Hwang Sun-Won et al / Hwang Soon-Won / 2000 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999
  • The Descendants of Cain
    English(English) Book Available
    The Descendants of Cain
    Hwang Sun-Won et al / Hwang Soon-Won / 1997 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999
  • Les Descendants de Caïn
    French(Français) Book Available
    Les Descendants de Caïn
    Hwang Sun-Won et al / Hwang Soon-Won / 2002 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999

E-Books & Audiobooks2

  • The Descendants of Cain
    English(English) E-Books
    The Descendants of Cain
    Hwang Sun-Won et al / Sun-Won Hwang / 2012 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999
  • The Descendants of Cain
    English(English) E-Books
    The Descendants of Cain
    Hwang Sun-Won et al / Hwang Soon-Won / 2015 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999
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