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Singing Katiusha: Tolstoy’s Resurrection in 1910s Korea

Singing Katiusha: Tolstoy’s Resurrection in 1910s Korea This article examines the remarkable success of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy’s last novel, Resurrection (1899), in early colonial Korea of the 1910s. In answering the main question of the significance of Resurrection in Korea’s colonial modernity, I argue that it is necessary to consider the interplay of the elite and popular receptions of Tolstoy’s novel, as well as to place the various Korean versions of Resurrection within the broader context of early colonial rule, the development of modern colonial media and mass culture, the specificities of the cultural terrain of the 1910s, and intellectuals’ search for a modern national literature. Resurrection was introduced in Korea at a critical early period when various narrative forms and cultural media coexisted and vied with each other for influence, and when—prior to the appearance of Yi Kwangsu’s Mujŏng—literature was far from enjoying a privileged place in modern Korean culture. As such, an examination of its reception can provide important insights into the dynamics governing the emergence of the modern novel at the dawn of the colonial period in its interaction with popular culture and modern media. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Korean Studies Duke University Press

Singing Katiusha: Tolstoy’s Resurrection in 1910s Korea

Lim, Susanna
Journal of Korean Studies , Volume 24 (1) – Mar 1, 2019
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Abstract

This article examines the remarkable success of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy’s last novel, Resurrection (1899), in early colonial Korea of the 1910s. In answering the main question of the significance of Resurrection in Korea’s colonial modernity, I argue that it is necessary to consider the interplay of the elite and popular receptions of Tolstoy’s novel, as well as to place the various Korean versions of Resurrection within the broader context of early colonial rule, the development of modern colonial media and mass culture, the specificities of the cultural terrain of the 1910s, and intellectuals’ search for a modern national literature. Resurrection was introduced in Korea at a critical early period when various narrative forms and cultural media coexisted and vied with each other for influence, and when—prior to the appearance of Yi Kwangsu’s Mujŏng—literature was far from enjoying a privileged place in modern Korean culture. As such, an examination of its reception can provide important insights into the dynamics governing the emergence of the modern novel at the dawn of the colonial period in its interaction with popular culture and modern media.

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Journal of Korean Studies – Duke University Press

Published: Mar 1, 2019

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    Fujinuma, T. Kim, Rekho
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    Holman, M. J. de K.
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    Holman, M. J. de K.
  • Munhak iranŭn yŏgŏ
    Hwang, Chongyŏn
  • Class and Gender in a Meiji Romance: Kikuchi Yūhō’s Chikyōdai
    Ito, Ken
  • 1910-yŏndae pŏnan sosŏl ŭi ‘kungmin’ mandŭlgi: Ssangongnu, Changhanmong ŭl chungsim ŭro
    Kang, Sohŭi
  • Sam ŭi t’eksŭtŭ, sosŏl ŭi t’eksŭtŭ: Yi Kwangsu wa T’olsŭt’oi
    Kim, Chinyŏng
  • Intermedial Aesthetics: Still Images, Moving Words, and Written Sounds in Early Twentieth-Century Korean Cinematic Novels (Yeonghwa Soseol)
    Kim, Jina
  • Yi Kwangsu ŭi T’olsŭt’oi suyong kwa pŏnyŏk ŭi yangsang kochal
    Kim, Miyŏn
  • Sonyŏn kwa T’olsŭt’oi pŏnyŏk
    Kwŏn, Poduerae
  • The Early Writings of Yi Gwang-su
    Lee, Ann S.
  • Early Pop Song Writers and Their Backgrounds
    Nakamura, Tôyô
  • Han’guk e on T’olsŭt’oi
    Pak, Chinyŏng
  • Interior Landscapes, Yi Kwangsu’s Heartless and the Origins of Modern Literature
    Shin, Michael Shin, Gi-Wook Robinson, Michael Edson
  • K’ach’usha iyagi: Puhwal ŭi taejung sŏsa wa kŭ munhwa pyŏnyong
    U, Sujin
  • Mudae e sŏn K’ach’yusha wa pŏnyŏkŭk ŭi tŭngjang
    U, Sujin
  • Ilgi: Na ŭi sonyŏn sidae
    Yi, Kwangsu
  • Munhak iran hao
    Yi, Kwangsu
  • Na ŭi mundan saenghwal 30-yŏn: Kamsa wa chamhoe
    Yi, Kwangsu
  • Puhwal kwa ch’angsegi: Nae ka kamgyŏkhan woeguk chakp’um
    Yi, Kwangsu
  • T’olsŭt’oi ŭi insaenggwan: Kŭ chonggyo wa yesul
    Yi, Kwangsu
  • Tuong kwa na
    Yi, Kwangsu
  • Wigo ŭi sahu osimnyŏn che e
    Yi, Kwangsu
  • Kajŏng pigŭngnyu sinp’agŭk e nat’ananŭn melodŭramajŏk ŭi kwaing e taehan yon’gu
    Yun, Minju
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