The Korean Vernacular Story Telling Tales of Contemporary Chosŏn in Sinographic Writing |
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| Author:
| Park, Si Nae |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-19542-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2020 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Si Nae Park examines how the culture of Chosŏn Seoul gave rise to a new vernacular literary form (yadam), anonymously and unofficially circulating tales. She focuses on the collection Repeatedly Recited Stories of the East, which was written in a new medium in which Literary Sinitic is hybridized with the vernacular realities of Chosŏn society.
Si Nae Park examines how the culture of Chosŏn Seoul gave rise to a new vernacular literary form (yadam), anonymously and unofficially circulating tales. She focuses on the collection Repeatedly Recited Stories of the East, which was written in a new medium in which Literary Sinitic is hybridized with the vernacular realities of Chosŏn society.