Introduction: Sacrifice, Utility, and Literature in 1970s and 1980s South Korea

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Sacrifice, Utility, and Literature in 1970s and 1980s South Korea 1
5. 1 Against the Chains of Utility: Anti-utilitarian Sentiments in 1970s South Korean Literature 24
6. 2 White Hands, Idle Hands, Toiling Hands, Writing Hands: The Developmental State and Literature in 1970s and 1980s South Korea 51
7. 3 Literature, Politics, Community: Politics as the Question of Community in Pak Sangnyung’s Works of Fiction 79
8. 4 Weakness of God, Powerlessness of Literature: The Image of Jesus in 1980s South Korean Poetry 107
9. Postscript: Sacrificing Literature 134
10. Notes 149
11. Bibliography 193
12. Index 211
13. About the Author 217