Miracles! (As usual, I welcome disagreements and corrections^^) Previously: I) Hyangga and Koryeo Kasa II) Sijo & Kasa III) Classical Fiction IV) Pansori V) Introduction to Modern Literature VI: Enlightenment VII: Background to Colonial Lit VIII: The History of Korean Modern Literature IX: Themes & Approaches to Fiction X: The Colonial Era XI: War and Separation Era 1970s…
For Cineastes (e.g. “too lazy to read”^^) and those interested in seeing adaptations of literature, a brilliant move by the Korean Film Archive that makes me want to take them out for a celebratory round of 홍어! They have put up on YouTube, sorted by decade, eight-seven classic Korean movies, many of which are adaptations…
The other day I caught the 401 bus, just to see where it ran. After a bit, it went by the COEX in Gangnam, which contains a reasonably sized Bandi & Luni. So I hopped off. After a cup of coffee in a Caffe Bene, I went down to Bandi & Luni look for some…
LOL.. Woke up this morning and my daily trawl of the internet found that someone (pretty clearly Korean) had put up a really, really, basic page about Cho Se-hui’s The Dwarf, a book I am quite fond of. Unfortunately, that page was headed for speedy deletion because it looked like this: About 45 minutes later,…
There is no better time than now to begin to read modern Korean literature. It’s many talented authors write in myriad genres and in the past 25 years have begun to skillfully meld innately Korean history and culture to stories with international appeal.