The Real Modern: Literary Modernism and the Crisis of Representation in Colonial Korea

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"Examines the critical and literary production of Pak T'aewon, Kim Yujong, and Yi T'aejun, whose works confront the "crisis of representation" from loss of faith in language as a vehicle of meaningful reference to the world. Bridging literary and colonial studies, this re-reading of modernist fiction within the imperial context illuminates links between literary practice and colonial discourse"--Provided by publisher. THE REAL MODERN: Literary Modernism and the Crisis of Representation in Colonial Korea Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Paradox of Empire: The Crisis of Representation in 1930s Seoul Literary Circles 2. Pak T’aewon’s “Representation, Depiction, Technique” and the Colonial Double Bind 3. Modernism and Hysteria in One Day in the Life of the Author, Mr. Kubo 4. “Thoughts from a Sickbed” and the Critique of Empiricist Discourse 5. The Irony of Language in Kim Yujong’s Short Fiction 6. Embodiments of Speech: Yi T’aejun’s Lectures on Composition 7. Lyrical Narrative and the Uncohering of Modernity Conclusion: Colonial Modernism and Comparative Literary Studies Notes Bibliography Index Harvard East Asian Monographs