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Modern Korean literature developed against the background of the Joseon dynasty's fall. This first period of modern Korean literature is often called the "enlightenment". This period was to a large extent influenced by the 1894 Gabo Reforms which introduced Western-style schools and newspapers emerged.
Young-min Kim (Korean: 김영민; born 1955) is a South Korean literary scholar and critic.Kim's research interests have included the history of modern and contemporary Korean literature, with a focus on literary works produced during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Also referred as 'pure literature' in South Korea. Most authors translated by the Korea Literature Translation Institute for translation falls into this category. The terminology is often criticized, and is a constant theme of discussion in the literature of South Korea. Some of the notable [according to whom?] Korean mainstream fiction writers ...
Young-min Kwon (Korean: 권영민; Hanja: 權寧珉; Korean pronunciation: [kwəːn jʌŋ.min]; born 1948) is a South Korean literary scholar and poet. He is known for his works on the historical and Modern Korean literature and criticism.
Kim Dong-in, born on October 2, 1900, in Pyongyang, South Pyongan Province, Korean Empire, was a pioneer of realism and naturalism in Modern Korean literature.A son of a wealthy landowner, like many other young Korean intellectuals Kim took his higher education in Japan, attending the Meiji Academy in Tokyo and entering the Kawabata School of Fine Arts. [2]
Yi Gwangsu (Korean: 이광수; February 1, 1892 – October 25, 1950) was a Korean writer, Korean independence activist, and later collaborator with Imperial Japan. Yi is best known for his novel Mujeong (The Heartless), which is often described as the first modern Korean novel. [1] [2] His art names were Chunwon and Goju.
Kim Ok (Korean: 김억; 1896–unknown) was a Korean poet.He is one of the representative poets who led the early modernism movement in the Korean poetry scene, translating Western poetry and poetics and writing his own poetry. [1]
Kim Kyungrin is a poet who participated in literary coteries Sinsiron and Hubangi (후반기), [3] which were at the forefront and the center of Korean modernist poetry. He saw poetry as an “undeniable fact that is developing toward a single historical ‘course’” [4] and believed that “true modern poetry should be found in intellectual view of the world based on tradition and reality ...