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How Three Kingdoms Became a National Novel of Korea
From Sanguozhi yanyi to Samgukchi
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Hyuk-chan Kwon
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English
Published/Copyright:
2023
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This book is a comparative exploration of the impact of a celebrated Chinese historical novel, the Sanguozhi yanyi (Three Kingdoms) on the popular culture of Korea since its dissemination in the sixteenth century.
It elucidates not only the reception of Chinese fiction in Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910), but also the fascinating ways in which this particular story lives on in modern Korea. The author specifically explores the dissemination, adaptations, and translations of the work to elucidate how Three Kingdoms has spoken to Korean readers. In short, this book shows how a quintessentially Chinese work equally developed into a Korean work.
It elucidates not only the reception of Chinese fiction in Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910), but also the fascinating ways in which this particular story lives on in modern Korea. The author specifically explores the dissemination, adaptations, and translations of the work to elucidate how Three Kingdoms has spoken to Korean readers. In short, this book shows how a quintessentially Chinese work equally developed into a Korean work.
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Hyuk-chan Kwon, Ph.D. (2010), University of British Columbia, is Associate Professor at University of Alberta. He has published a number of articles on Korea, China, and East Asia, including “Whose Voices Are Heard? A New Approach to Pyŏn Kangsoe-ka Interpretation,” Acta Koreana (2013).
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eBook published on:
October 9, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9789004678323
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Main content:
244
eBook ISBN:
9789004678323
Keywords for this book
zhengtong; Guan Yu shrines; literary exchanges; Chinese-Korean comparative literature; premodern Chinese fiction; legitimacy; The Four Masterworks of Ming Novels; digital games; interactive text; loyalism; the Romance of; Yi Munyŏl; Lee Munyeol; Jang Jeongil
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars interested in the histories, literature and cultures of East Asia, translation studies and comparative literature.
