Multicultural Bildungsroman: Coming of Age between Han and Sana

• Main Author: Torres Reyes, Maria Luisa
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2017
• Subjects: bildungsroman; contact zone; Filipino sana; hallyu; hybridity; Korean han; multiculturalism; refunctioning; translocality; English Language and Literature; Film and Media Studies; Korean Studies; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/english-faculty-pubs/162; https://ajolbeta.ateneo.edu/kk/articles/80/914
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The paper explores ways in which the contemporary refunctioning of classical literary and cinematic genres might continue to provide vitality and relevance in building multi-faceted border-crossing societies such as multicultural communities. In the case of Korean hallyu cinema, Punch, the sleeper-h...