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A comparative study of Takiji Kobayashi’s “absent landlord” and Lee Ki-young’s “hometown”

HWANG Bongmo 1

1전북대학교

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This article is a comparative analysis of the rural novel “absent landlord” of Takiji Kobayashi and the rural novel “hometown” of Lee Ki-young. As we have seen, “absent landlord” and “hometown” have similarities and differences. The similarity between Takiji Kobayashi’s “absent landlord” and Lee Ki-young’s “hometown” is that village farmers are bothered by the high tenant fees of landlords, that landlords are absent landlords, that the character of middle manager are the same, that the landlord has a relationship the state power, and that the villagers win the dispute. On the other hand, the difference between “absent landlord” and “hometown” is that the relationship between farmers and workers is different, the object of the fight is different, character of the landowner is different, and the “hometown” has a Dure. In conclusion, the development of capitalism is slower in “hometown” than in “absent landlord”. This is because village farmers in “absent landlord” win a dispute by establishing a labor-management alliance and village farmers in “Hometown” win by threatening Ahn Seung-hak’s family history. However, there is hope in “hometown”. This is because villagers in “hometown” recognize that the triumph of a dispute is a temporary victory. That is why you can have hope in “hometown”.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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