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Mujǒng

Mujǒng scrap

Translator(s)
Ann Sung-hi Lee Ann Sung-hi Lee
Publisher
East Asia Program East Asia Program
Country
UNITED STATES
Language
English(English)
Year Published
2011
Category
Literary Fiction 소설
Target User
Adult 성인
Period
Modern 근대

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English

Yi Kwang-su (1892–1950) was one of the pioneers of modern Korean literature. When the serialization of Mujong (The Heartless) began in 1917, it was an immediate sensation, and it occupies a prominent place in the Korean literary canon.The Heartless is the story of a love triangle among three youths during the Japanese occupation. Yi HyÅng-sik is a young man in his mid-twenties who is teaching English at a middle school in Seoul. Brilliant but also shy and indecisive, he is torn between two women. Kim SÅn-hyÅng is from a wealthy Christian family; she has just graduated from a modern, Western-style school and is planning on continuing her studies in the United States. Pak YÅng-ch'ae is a musically gifted young woman who was raised in a traditional Confucian manner; due to family misfortune, she has become a kisaeng but remains devoted to HyÅng-sik whom she knew as a child.The Heartless goes beyond the level of romantic melodrama and uses these characters to depict Korea's struggles with modern culture and national identity. A long critical introduction discusses Yi Kwang-su's life and work from his birth in 1892 to the publication of his first novel The Heartless in 1917. It contains in-depth analyses of the novel, Yi Kwang-su's literary theory, and early short stories.Reference : East Asia Program. "Mujǒng", https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781885445377/mujong-the-heartless/#bookTabs=1. accessed 31 Oct 2023.

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