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A Study on Han Woon-sa's Screenplays
Cross-Cultural Studies
2008,
12(1), pp.265-298
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2008.12.1.265
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2008.12.1.265
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature
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This study aims to examine Han Woon-sa's status as a playwright, and his prominence in the early days of Korean movies, based on his movie scripts. Mr. Han pioneered Korean broadcasting soap operas as a playwright and many of his scripts were turned into movies, which enabled him to reach great heights as a writer. The results of the examination on Mr. Han's scripts, particularly on their thematic and technical aspects, are presented in this paper. Mr. Han usually demonstrated the strong bent of a writer towards humanism by examining his own life and experiences and those of other people. His consciousness encompassed political realities, generation issues, and the inner desires of men. In terms of techniques, he enjoyed using melodrama-like dramaturgy, and he willingly injected paternalism in his scripts when he described the relationships between his characters therein. The dialogue in his scripts showed a distinctively contracted polished style, but he sometimes exposes unrefined and abstract themes therein. He also demonstrated different kinds of consciousness on appellation. Therefore, Mr. Han can be considered a scriptwriter who distinguished himself through his melodramatization, which stems from his experienced consciousness in the 1960s and 1970s.
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