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The Narcissism and the Autobiographical Character of Chunwon’s Literature
Chunwon Research journal
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Chunwon Research journal
2018, (13), pp.111-143
Publisher : Chunwon Research Society
Research Area : Korean Literature
2018, (13), pp.111-143
Publisher : Chunwon Research Society
Research Area : Korean Literature
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The purpose of this treatise is to confirm that narcissism and autographical writing is the principal substance of Chunwon’s literature and that to grasp the correlation of these two elements and the changing process of these two in the correlation is a proper way to understand his literature. What made the change to Chunwon more than anything else was meeting and parting with Tosan. This study, on this premise, is to scrutinize “The Development of Korean Rural Communities” and “For the Reconstruction of Korean Traits” which are regarded as the pieces that show very well the continuity and the difference of the narcissism and the autographical character of his writing between before and after his activity in The Provisional Government of Korea in Shanghai. On this view and method we can see the continuity and the difference very well between “The Development of Korean Rural Communities” which was written before Chunwon met Tosan in Shanghai in 1919 and did activities of The Provisional Government and joined Young Korean Academy, and the famous and notorious “For the Reconstruction of Korean Traits” which was written after those events. In the respect that the former shows his experiences at Yongdong as a teacher of Osan School and the latter shows signally his study and activities in Shanghai, both of these two works represents the autobiographical character of Chunwon’s literature. And both works let us see his consistent narcissism of thinking himself as a national leader. But in the narcissistic aspect the latter shows a much stronger attitude of ‘objectification’ of Korean people because of the self-confidence that he gained by meeting with Tosan and joining Young Korean Academy.
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