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The study of the migration theory of 「An Aimless Bullet」 and 「My Rice Noodle Shop」
Chunwon Research journal
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Chunwon Research journal
2019, (16), pp.419-442
Publisher : Chunwon Research Society
Research Area : Korean Literature
2019, (16), pp.419-442
Publisher : Chunwon Research Society
Research Area : Korean Literature
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In the chaos of war, people migrate more frequently and the literature also reflected the phenomenon of migration in that time. Lee Beomeon and Pai Hsien-yung are the representative writers among them. They described the dark side of the society and reflected the life of the vulnerable groups who cannot adapt to the reality. In particular, they were the children of a bourgeoisie that had fallen because of the war. Therefore, they had to leave their hometown and went to an unfamiliar place to live on. 「An Aimless Bullet」 and 「My Rice Noodle Shop」 are too novels that describes the lives of migration. The novel 「An Aimless Bullet」 is based on people life during 1950s and 1960s, which tells the miserable life and social cruelty of the people who went to South Korea from the north. While the novel 「My Rice Noodle Shop」 tells the miserable life and homesickness of people who had to move to Taipei because of the civil war between the kuomintang party and the communist party. Based on this, this paper aims to study the author's intention of writing and the background and reason of migration of most characters in the novel and wants to analyse why they have to live a miserable life. Based on their own experiences, Lee Beomeon and Pai Hsien-yung described the tragic situation of the contemporaries who had to leave their villages in the war. Through the their stories of the characters in the novel, it shows the cruelty of the war and the pain of division. At the same time, the author hopes to reflect on human's war behavior and hope that such tragedy will not happen again.
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