The American Prospect has just published an article on Korean literature in translation, entitle Korean Lit Comes to America, including some comparisons to Japan and China, and it’s worth checking out, and not just because I am in it using my favorite comparison of the place of Korea literature in respect to other translated literatures:…
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…
The Korea Herald notes that Asia Publishers has just put out a 15-volume bilingual Korean literature series, titled Bi-lingual Edition Modern Korean Literature. But it seems to feature all the usual suspects and previously translated works. Really? This is getting past ridiculous. I suppose the defense will be that this volume is for “Korean Studies” courses,…
OK.. sorry if that title is a bit cutesy, but I couldn’t resist. Last post I reviewed Rust by Yang Gui-Ja. Today I gave my Dongguk students their first assignment that will feed into the KTLIT Wikipedia Project. Don’t worry, it’s academically appropriate for them. I gave them the list of un-paged authors from Wikipedia’s…
Review of two of Yang Gui-ja’s stories named Rust and Swamp in a Jimoondang publication.