The Real Modern : Literary Modernism and the Crisis of Representation in Colonial Korea /

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"Examines the critical and literary production of Pak T'aewon, Kim Yujong, and Yi T'aejun, whose works confront the "crisis of representation" from loss of faith in language as a vehicle of meaningful reference to the world. Bridging literary and colonial studies, this re-re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanscom, Christopher P., 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts. : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Postkolonialismus > Motiv
Nationalbewusstsein > Motiv
Moderne > Motiv
Literatur
Koreanisch
Postcolonialism in literature.
Nationalism and literature.
Modernism (Literature)
Korean literature.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Ancient & Classical.
Postcolonialisme dans la litterature.
Modernisme (Litterature) > Coree.
Nationalisme et litterature > Coree.
Litterature coreenne > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Nationalism and literature > Korea.
Modernism (Literature) > Korea.
Korean literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Korea.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Paradox of empire: The crisis of representation in 1930s Seoul literary circles
  • Pak T'aewon's "representation, depiction, technique" and the colonial double bind
  • Modernism and hysteria in one day in the life of the author, Mr. Kubo
  • "Thoughts from a sickbed" and the critique of empiricist discourse
  • The irony of language in Kim Yujong's short fiction
  • Embodiments of speech: Yi T'aejun's lectures on composition
  • Lyrical narrative and the uncohering of modernity
  • Conclusion: Colonial modernism and comparative literary studies.

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