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The real modern : literary modernism and the crisis of representation in colonial Korea / Christopher P. Hanscom.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Harvard East Asian monographs ; 357Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts. : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, c2013Description: 235 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780674073265 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 895.709112 H2491r
Summary: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages213-227) and index.

"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.

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