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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

유치장에서 만난 사나이

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Original Title
유치장에서 만난 사나이
Title Romanization
Yuchijangeseo mannan sanai
English Title(Printed)
The Man I Met in the Lock Up
Classification

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

Author
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Co-Author
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Published Year
1941
Publisher
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ISBN
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Main Characters
Narrator (newspaper reporter), Count Wang
Subject/Theme
Criticism of the concept of naeseonilche, which says that Japan and Korea are and should be one
Plot

In a lock up at a police station in Tokyo, the narrator, who is a newspaper reporter, meets Count Wang, a strange young man who used to be an anarchist but is now leading a servile life. A year later, the narrator runs into Count Wang by chance on a train. After leaving Count Wang in a deep drunken sleep on the train, the narrator feels remorse at the thought that Count Wang may have died. Afterward, whenever the narrator sees someone drowning in a flooded river, an anti-communist guard, he thinks that the person might be Count Wang.

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

This story indirectly criticizes the concept of naeseonilche, which says that Japan and Korea are and should be one, through the character of Count Wang and an ambiguous narrative, in an attempt to avoid the pressure of the Japanese empire at the end of the colonial period.

이 작품은 식민지 말기 제국의 압력을 피하기 위해 왕백작이라는 인물과 모호한 서사를 활용하여 내선일체를 우회적으로 비판한 소설이라 평가된다.

E-Books & Audiobooks1

  • English(English) E-Books
    The Man I Met in the Lock Up
    Kim Sa-ryang et al / 金史良 / 2014 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1910-1945
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