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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

종생기

About the Original Works

Original Title
종생기
Title Romanization
Jongsaenggi
English Title(Printed)
Dying Words
Classification

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

Author
Yi Sang
Co-Author
-
Published Year
1937
Publisher
-
ISBN
-
Main Characters
Narrator (Yi Sang), Jeonghui, S, R
Subject/Theme
A gloomy portrait of intellectuals in colonial Korea

About the Author

  • Yi Sang
  • Birth : 1910 ~ 1937
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Sang
  • Family Name : Yi
  • Korean Name : 이상
  • ISNI : 0000000358137117
  • Works : 70
Plot

This is a story about Yi Sang, a knowledgeable young man who is ill and cynical, and Jeonghui, a woman he loves who dabbles in infidelity and betrayal. Jeonghui ends her relationship with other men and confesses to Yi Sang that she only loves him, but he learns that she has said the same word to another man known as S and he faints. When Yi Sang wakes up, Jeonghui is gone, having left to go meet S.

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

Along with “Wings” and “Child’s Bone,” this story is considered one of Yi Sang’s trilogy. It describes the psychological world of the first-person narrator in an esoteric style, allowing the reader to see an aspect of the author Yi Sang’s life and art.

1937년 잡지 <조광>에 발표된 단편소설이다. <날개>, <동해>와 더불어 이상 소설의 삼부작 중 하나로 평가된다. 난해한 문체로 주인공 '나'의 심리 세계를 진술하고 있으며, 작가인 이상의 삶과 예술의 일면을 확인할 수 있다.

E-Books & Audiobooks1

  • English(English) E-Books
    Dying Words
    Yi Sang et al / Lee Sang / 2013 / -
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