A Cultural History of Modern Korean Literature : The Birth of Oppa (Critical Studies in Korean Literature and Culture in Translation)

Lee, Kyounghoon/ Frankl, John M. (TRN)

Lexington Books（2022/02発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 294 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781666906288
• DDC分類 895.709

Full Description

A Cultural History of Modern Korean Literature: The Birth of Oppa examines the cultural and social impact of Japanese colonialism and modernity on the wider aspects of everyday life in Korea. Selected as an outstanding work in 2004 by the National Academy of Sciences in South Korea, is by any measure a remarkable work. Lee considers a wide range of literary and cultural texts, exploring significant historical moments and phenomena while critically assessing personal experience and social life, mainly how modernity, colonialism, and total war shaped national and cultural identities. This text also reflects the complex and refractory legacy of Japanese colonialism and modernity. Lee's foray into the complex relationships between Korea, Japan, and the West offers a thoroughly engaging study of the origins of modern Korean culture and society during the first half of the 20th century. The first of its kind, Lee offers a richly vivid portrait of a rapidly changing landscape, fueled by modernity and technology, one that will appeal to general readers and students alike.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface Theodore Jun Yoo
Introduction: Colonial Modern Literature, Modern Literature as Colony
1.Nolbu-esque Things
2.The Birth of Oppa
3."Trademark" of the Colony
4.The Fashion of Mujong
5.Barbarian of the Laboratory
6.Rice Speculation, Hot Springs, English
7.English Grammar, Sports, Cyborg
8.The Flesh, Yi Sang's Windowpane
9.The Humor of an Empty Stomach
10.Manchuria and Pro-Japanese Romanticism
Afterword Janet Poole
Bibliography
About the Contributors