The Real Modern : : Literary Modernism and the Crisis of Representation in Colonial Korea / / Christopher P. Hanscom.

• Superior document: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 357
• VerfasserIn: Hanscom, Christopher P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2013.; Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 357.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 235 pages )

"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.

Table of Contents

Paradox of empire: The crisis of representation in 1930s Seoul literary circles -- Pak T'aewon's "representation, depiction, technique" and the colonial double bind -- Modernism and hysteria in one day in the life of the author, Mr. Kubo -- "Thoughts from a sickbed" and the critique of empiricist discourse -- The irony of language in Kim Yujong's short fiction -- Embodiments of speech: Yi T'aejun's lectures on composition -- Lyrical narrative and the uncohering of modernity -- Conclusion: Colonial modernism and comparative literary studies.