Han’guk ŭi k’wiŏ munhak
Han segi
- Editor: Samuel Perry
- Pages: 290
- Published: 2023
- ISBN: 9781603296250 (Paperback)
Following decades of LGBTQ+ activism, South Korea has seen a flowering of queer literature, film, and Internet culture. Many openly gay, lesbian, transgender, and other queer Korean writers find themselves in the national and international spotlight. But the rich variety of queer representation also extends into the Korean past, as this volume illustrates.
Beginning with contemporary works of fiction by Kim Bi, Sang Young Park, and Yi Seoyoung and reaching back through the last century, this collection includes works by the canonical authors Yi Kwangsu, Yi Kiyŏng, Ch’oe Chŏnghŭi, and O Chŏnghŭi as well as stories by Yu Sŭngjin and Kim Sunyŏng that have been recovered from archives. The introduction places these representations of queerness in their historical and cultural context, explores the sometimes problematic norms found in the stories, and considers the potential these texts hold for destabilizing binaries of sex and gender.
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Sang Young Park
Yi Seoyoung
Kim Bi
O Chŏnghŭi
Yu Sŭngjin
Ch’oe Chŏnghŭi
Yi Kiyŏng
Kim Sunyŏng
Yi Kwangsu
Acknowledgments (vii)
Note on Romanization (xi)
Introduction (xiii)
Bibliography of Original Works (lxxv)
Note on the Texts (lxxvii)
박상영, “윤도가 돌아왔다” (3)
이서영, “3학년 2반” (23)
김비, “해수탕” (52)
오정희, “산조” (94)
유승진, “이 절망 속에 부림치고 . . .” (120)
최정희, “봄” (129)
이기영, Selections from 《봄》 (152)
김순영, “언니 저 달나라로” (175)
이광수, “윤광호” (180)
