Mujong (The Heartless) - Yi Kwang-su and Modern Korean Literature (Hardcover)

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 Hyong-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 Son-hyong 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 Yong-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 Hyong-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.

General

Imprint:	Cornell University East Asia Program
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2010
Authors:	Kwang-su Yi
Translators:	Ann Sung-hi Lee
Dimensions:	216 x 140mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	444
ISBN-13:	978-1-885445-37-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	1-885445-37-7
Barcode:	9781885445377

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