Title: Kim Tong‐In and the Liberal Self in Modern Korean Literature
Abstract: Abstract Kim Tong‐in (1900–1951) is barely known to the readers of the world, but is an important Korean fiction writer who established the idea of modern literature as art in early twentieth‐century Korea. His desire to create liberal and aesthetic characters in opposition to conformist Confucianism was deeply entrenched in his stories and essays on artists and writers. Not a simple writer and essayist, he had a sensitive command of written language, and developed modern écriture and principles for fiction writing in Korea. Moreover, Kim was a key player in the first modern literary coterie, Ch'angjo (Creation, 1919–1921) which served as a social platform for introducing young writers into the literary scene. Ch'angjo 's discussion of romanticism provided a discursive backdrop for Kim to refine his radical image of the writer, the absolute puppeteer of his creatures. To him, the writer's self‐love was a womb for his artistic creation.
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Date: 2019-12-19
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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