History of Modern Korean Fiction (1890-1945)
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Korean fiction
Korean literary history
Korean newspaperies
Korean short stories
literary systems
media history
modern enlightment
modern Korean literature
modern media
New Fiction
serialized fiction
sin soseol
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- ISBN 9781793631893
- Weight: 653g
- Dimensions: 161 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 09 Nov 2020
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book explores the history of modern Korean literature from a sociocultural perspective. Rather than focusing solely on specific authors and their works, Young Min Kim argues that the development of modern media, shifting conceptualizations of the author, and a growing mass readership fundamentally shaped the types of narratives that appeared at the turn of the twentieth century. In particular, Kim follows the trajectory of the sin sosol (new fiction) as it meshed with the new print and media culture to give rise to innovative and hybrid genres and literary styles. In doing so, he compellingly illuminates the relationship between literary systems and forms and underscores the necessity of re-locating literary texts in their sociohistorical contexts.
Young Min Kim is former director of the Institute for the Study of Korean Modernity and professor in the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Yonsei University.
