Yi Kwang-su

A rather overheated take on Yi Kwang-su (“Father of Modern Korean Literature”)

From a rather hysterical anti-Korean rant (The Base National Korean Mind) on Scribd, comes a classic passage of literary misunderstanding: The father of modern Korean literature, Lee Guang-Su points out  many aspects of Korean nationality: false words, fraud, mutual mistrust, flowery words, empty arguments and opinions, flattery and truckling, false obedience, adaptation to the majority,…

More “complications” to Yi Kwang-su?

Yi Kwang-su’s ‘complicated’ relationship to both the modernization of Korea and Japan has been discussed elsewhere on this blog (here and here) and by Popular Gusts (here and here). Now, in the process of doing a bit of research for an interview on gay/lesbian genres in Korean fiction, I come across a further complication. Yi…

Found on the Web #17: Writing during Japanese Occupation; graduate class in translated Ko-lit; the future

First, an interesting article from the Hankyoreh titled Writing during dark ages of Japanese occupation reexplored. The article is concerned with, “Works considered “pro-collaborationist” (being) reexamined for themes of opposition to Japanese rule.” This is an interesting topic (See Yi Kwangsu on KTLIT here and here, and at the Gypsy Scholar here and here )…