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The Real Modern

- Literary Modernism and the Crisis of Representation in Colonial Korea

About The Real Modern

The Real Modern examines three Korean authors of the 1930s-Pak T'aewon, Kim Yujong, and Yi T'aejun-whose works critique competing modes of literary representation in the period of Japanese colonial rule. A re-reading of modernist fiction within the imperial context, it sheds new light on the relationship between political discourse and aesthetics.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674073265
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 248
  • Published:
  • August 25, 2013
  • Dimensions:
  • 164x233x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 512 g.
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Expected delivery: December 11, 2024

Description of The Real Modern

The Real Modern examines three Korean authors of the 1930s-Pak T'aewon, Kim Yujong, and Yi T'aejun-whose works critique competing modes of literary representation in the period of Japanese colonial rule. A re-reading of modernist fiction within the imperial context, it sheds new light on the relationship between political discourse and aesthetics.

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