Soldiers on the Cultural Front : : Developments in the Early History of North Korean Literature and Literary Policy /

Soldiers on the Cultural Front : : Developments in the Early History of North Korean Literature and Literary Policy / / Tatiana Gabroussenko.

An understanding of contemporary North Korea's literature is virtually impossible without an investigation of its formative period, 1945-1960, which saw a gradual transformation from the initial "Soviet era" to a Korean version of "national Stalinism." This turbulent epoch e...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Gabroussenko, Tatiana,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Hawai'i Studies on Korea
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. "Let Us Learn from the Soviets"
  • 2. Soviet Koreans in North Korean Literature: The Case of Cho Ki-ch'ŏn
  • 3. Yi Ki-yŏng: A Successful Literary Cadre
  • 4. Yi T'ae-jun: The Failure of a "Soldier on the Cultural Front"
  • 5. North Korean Critics as Political Executioners
  • Conclusion: Soldiers on the Cultural Front versus Engineers of the Human Soul
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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