{"product_id":"yi-kwang-su-and-modern-literature-mujong-9781885445278","title":"Yi Kwang-Su and Modern Literature: Mujong","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ann Sung-Hi Lee\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cornell University - Cornell East Asia Series\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University - Cornell East Asia Series\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Comparative Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYi Kwang-su (1892-1950) was one of the pioneers of modern Korean literature. When the serialization of Mujông (The Heartless) began in 1917, it was an immediate sensation, and it occupies a prominent place in the Korean literary canon. The Heartless is the story of a love triangle among three youths during the Japanese occupation. Yi Hyông-sik is a young man in his mid-twenties who is teaching English at a middle school in Seoul. Brilliant but also shy and indecisive, he is torn between two women. Kim Sôn-hyông is from a wealthy Christian family; she has just graduated from a modern, Western-style school and is planning on continuing her studies in the United States. Pak Yông-ch'ae is a musically gifted young woman who was raised in a traditional Confucian manner; due to family misfortune, she has become a kisaeng but remains devoted to Hyông-sik whom she knew as a child. The Heartless goes beyond the level of romantic melodrama and uses these characters to depict Korea's struggles with modern culture and national identity.A long critical introduction discusses Yi Kwang-su's life and work from his birth in 1892 to the publication of his first novel The Heartless in 1917. It contains in-depth analyses of the novel, Yi Kwang-su's literary theory, and early short stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University - Cornell East Asia Series","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579716190359,"sku":"9781885445278","price":5020.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781885445278.webp?v=1774910199","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/yi-kwang-su-and-modern-literature-mujong-9781885445278","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}