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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

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Original Title
흑산
Title Romanization
Heuksan
Title Sub
김훈 장편소설
English Title(Printed)
Heuksan
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social

Author
Kim Hoon
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2011
Publisher
학고재
ISBN
9788956251622
Main Characters
Jeong Yakjeon, Hwang Sayeong
Subject/Theme
A new world; class-based society; anti-traditional intellectuals
Writer default image
  • Kim Hoon
  • Birth : 1948 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Hoon
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김훈
  • ISNI : 0000000081223011
  • Works : 16
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Plot

Critical of the corrupt officialdom and class-based system of Neo-Confucian Joseon, Jeong Yakjeon and Hwang Sayeong seek an alternative way of organizing society. Jeong Yakjeon discovers Catholicism, a recent Western cultural import, which he believes can address the problems of Joseon society and usher in a new world. While working for the Catholic Church in Joseon, Hwang Sayeong, who fled to Jecheon to escape persecution, is caught and executed for having committed a “great crime.” Meanwhile, Jeong Yakjeon is exiled to Heuksando. Upon his arrival at Heuksan, he begins to work with the locals, helping to build a village school for the children and dedicating himself to their education.

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

2011년에 출간된 김 훈의 장편소설이다. 작품은 18세기 말~19세기 초, 조선사회의 전통에 반기를 들었던 지식인 정약전과 황사영의 내면을 기록한 것이다. 작가는 성리학적 신분질서가 팽배했던 조선사회의 지식인들이 전통의 질서와 대립하면서 천주교를 통해 새로운 세상을 꿈꾸고 좌절하는 모습을 그려내었다.

This novel by Kim Hoon was published in 2011. It follows Jeong Yakjeon and Hwang Sayeong, real-life intellectual figures who revolted against traditional Joseon society in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The author depicts their desire for a new world modeled on Catholicism, and their frustrations with the traditional Neo-Confucian social order.

Translated Books1

  • 黒山
    Japanese(日本語) Funded by LTI Korea Available
    黒山
    Kim Hoon et al / 金薰 / 2020 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social

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