Im Hwa, Hybridity, and the Anti-Colonial Politics of Modern Korean Literature

• Main Author: Lee, Jinhyoung
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: anti-coloniality; hybridity; Im Hwa; immaculate individuality; modernity; “national literature; ” pre-modernity; “serious novel”
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss30/27; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1760/viewcontent/KK_2030_2C_202018_20_26_2031_2C_202018_2027_20Forum_20Kritika_20on_20Critical_20Crossings_20Hybridity_27s_20Fissures_20and_20Ruptures_20__20Lee.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper deals with the hybridity of modern Korean literature as it tries to explain its anti- colonial politics by focusing on the exposition of Joseon literary history and the discourse of the “serious novel” in the late colonial era by Im Hwa, who is considered as one of the foremost critics of...