Into the Light : An Anthology of Literature by Koreans in Japan / Melissa L. Wender.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wender, Melissa L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese literature--20th century--Translations into English.

Japanese literature.

Japanese literature--Korean authors--Translations into English.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Into the Light is the first anthology to introduce the fiction of Japan's Korean community (Zainichi Koreans) to the English-speaking world. The collection brings together works by many of the most important Zainichi Korean writers of the twentieth century, from the colonial-era "Into the Light" (1939) by Kim Sa-ryang to "Full House" (1997) by Yu Miri, one of contemporary Japan's most acclaimed and popular authors.Although diverse in style and subject matter, all of the stories gathered in this volume ask a single consuming question: What does it mean to be Korean in Japan? Some stories record their contemporary milieu, while others focus on internal turmoil or document social and legal discrimination. More generally, they consider the relationship of Korean ethnicity to sexuality, family, culture, politics, and history. Thus the stories provide a fascinating window into the human experience of modernity in Japan and Korea, not only enabling us to track the ways in which grand concepts such as nation, language, empire, economy, and gender have shaped the human imagination, but also entreating us to ask how individual authors have sought to provide insight-or even guidance-on the path that grand history might follow.The volume includes stories by Chong Ch'u-wol, Kim Ch'ang-saeng, Kim Hak-yong, Kim Sa-ryang, Kim Tal-su, Noguchi Kakuchu, Yi Yang-ji, and Yu Miri.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Note on Translations

Introduction / Wender, Melissa L.

Into the Light (1939) / Sa-ryang, Kim

In the Shadow of Mount Fuji (1951) / Tal-su, Kim

Foreign Husband (1958) / Kakuchū, Noguchi

Frozen Mouth (1966) / Hak-yŏng, Kim

The Korean Women I Love (1974) / Ch'u-wŏl, Chong

Testament (1984) / Ch'u-wŏl, Chong

Name: For Pak Ch'u-ja (1984) / Ch'u-wŏl, Chong

Koku (1984) / Yang-ji, Yi

Full House (1997) / Miri, Yū

Additional Readings on Zainichi Korean Literature

About the Translators

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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

ISBN:

9780824860790

0824860799

OCLC:

794700465