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The real modern : literary modernism and the crisis of representation in colonial Korea

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Material type
단행본
Personal Author
Hanscom, Christopher P., 1972-.
Title Statement
The real modern : literary modernism and the crisis of representation in colonial Korea / Christopher P. Hanscom.
Publication, Distribution, etc
Cambridge, Massachusetts. :   Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, Distributed by Harvard University Press,   c2013.  
Physical Medium
ix, 235 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Harvard East Asian monographs ;357
ISBN
9780674073265 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 0674073266 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
요약
"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-reading of modernist fiction within the imperial context illuminates links between literary practice and colonial discourse"--Provided by publisher.
Content Notes
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.
Bibliography, Etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p.213-227) and index.
Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
Korean literature --20th century --History and criticism. Modernism (Literature) --Korea. Nationalism and literature --Korea. Postcolonialism in literature.
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Contents information

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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