Writing Women in Korea : Translation and Feminism in the Early Twentieth Century / Theresa Hyun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hyun, Theresa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean language--Translating.

Korean language.

Korean literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Korean literature.

Translating and interpreting--Korea.

Translating and interpreting.

Women and literature--Korea--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

Women translators--Korea--History.

Women translators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2003]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Writing Women in Korea explores the connections among translation, new forms of writing, and new representations of women in Korea from the early 1900s to the late 1930s. It examines shifts in the way translators handled material pertaining to women, the work of women translators of the time, and the relationship between translation and the original works of early twentieth-century Korean women writers. The book opens with an outline of the Chosôn period (1392-1910), when a vernacular writing system was invented, making it possible to translate texts into Korean--in particular, Chinese writings reinforcing official ideals of feminine behavior aimed at women. The legends of European heroines and foreign literary works (such as those by Ibsen) translated at the beginning of the twentieth century helped spur the creation of the New Woman (Sin Yôsông) ideal for educated women of the 1920s and 1930s. The role of women translators is explored, as well as the scope of their work and the constraints they faced as translators. Finally, the author relates the writing of Kim Myông-Sun, Pak Hwa-Sông, and Mo Yun-Suk to new trends imported into Korea through translation. She argues that these women deserve recognition for not only their creation of new forms of writing, but also their contributions to Korea's emerging sense of herself as a modern and independent nation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One. Cultural Background

Chapter Two. European Heroines in Translation: The Search for New Models

Chapter Three. Translation and New Feminine Ideals in the 1920s and 1930s

Chapter Four. Women Literary Translators in the 1920s and 1930s

Chapter Five. Translation, Gender, and New Forms of Writing in the 1920s and 1930s

Conclusion

Appendix

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9780824843540

0824843541

OCLC:

1013948963