A Cultural History of Modern Korean Literature by Kyounghoon ... - 9781666906301

A Cultural History of Modern Korean LiteratureThe Birth of Oppa\nAuthor(s): Kyounghoon Lee, John M. Frankl\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Lexington Books\nISBN-13: 9781666906301, 978-1666906301\nSynopsis\nA Cultural History of Modern Korean Literature: The Birth of Oppa examines the cultural and social impact of Japanese colonialism and modernity on the wider aspects of everyday life in Korea. Selected as an outstanding work in 2004 by the National Academy of Sciences in South Korea, is by any measure a remarkable work. Lee considers a wide range of literary and cultural texts, exploring significant historical moments and phenomena while critically assessing personal experience and social life, mainly how modernity, colonialism, and total war shaped national and cultural identities. This text also reflects the complex and refractory legacy of Japanese colonialism and modernity. Lees foray into the complex relationships between Korea,.