@article{ART003053190},
author={SEUNG-HAN SHIN},
title={‘Pretending to Be a Grown-up’ in Linda Sue Park’s When My Name Was Keoko},
journal={인문논총 },
issn={2005-6222},
year={2024},
volume={63},
pages={129-149},
doi={10.33638/JHS.63.6}
TY - JOUR
AU - SEUNG-HAN SHIN
TI - ‘Pretending to Be a Grown-up’ in Linda Sue Park’s When My Name Was Keoko
JO - 인문논총
PY - 2024
VL - 63
IS - null
PB - Institute for Human studies, Kyungnam University
SP - 129
EP - 149
SN - 2005-6222
AB - This paper defines the actions of children who resist militarism in Linda Sue Park’s When My Name Was Keoko as ‘becoming adults’ and argues that these actions function as an effective means of overthrowing the imperial Japanese militarism. To do so, I first examine how Sun-hee succeeds in decoding a message that the adults fail to do. Through her unique reading between the lines, Sun-hee resists the logic of war constructed by the adults by subverting the strict Confucian hierarchy. Next, I demonstrate that Tae-yul critiques war by volunteering for a kamikaze commando and subverting the militaristic ideology it implies. In this way, Sun-hee and Tae-yul, through their unique acts, crack the militarism that is the ideological foundation of the Pacific War. It is the central thesis of this paper that through these acts of ‘pretending to be a grown-up,’ the children in When My Name Was Keoko reorganize the war space of colonial Korea into a subversive space.
KW - When My Name Was Keoko;pretending to be a grown-up;militarism;The Pacific War;subversive space
DO - 10.33638/JHS.63.6
ER -
SEUNG-HAN SHIN. (2024). ‘Pretending to Be a Grown-up’ in Linda Sue Park’s When My Name Was Keoko. 인문논총 , 63, 129-149.
SEUNG-HAN SHIN. 2024, "‘Pretending to Be a Grown-up’ in Linda Sue Park’s When My Name Was Keoko", 인문논총 , vol.63, pp.129-149. Available from: doi:10.33638/JHS.63.6
SEUNG-HAN SHIN "‘Pretending to Be a Grown-up’ in Linda Sue Park’s When My Name Was Keoko" 인문논총 63 pp.129-149 (2024) : 129.
SEUNG-HAN SHIN. ‘Pretending to Be a Grown-up’ in Linda Sue Park’s When My Name Was Keoko. 2024; 63 129-149. Available from: doi:10.33638/JHS.63.6
SEUNG-HAN SHIN. "‘Pretending to Be a Grown-up’ in Linda Sue Park’s When My Name Was Keoko" 인문논총 63(2024) : 129-149.doi: 10.33638/JHS.63.6
SEUNG-HAN SHIN. ‘Pretending to Be a Grown-up’ in Linda Sue Park’s When My Name Was Keoko. 인문논총 , 63, 129-149. doi: 10.33638/JHS.63.6
SEUNG-HAN SHIN. ‘Pretending to Be a Grown-up’ in Linda Sue Park’s When My Name Was Keoko. 인문논총 . 2024; 63 129-149. doi: 10.33638/JHS.63.6
SEUNG-HAN SHIN. ‘Pretending to Be a Grown-up’ in Linda Sue Park’s When My Name Was Keoko. 2024; 63 129-149. Available from: doi:10.33638/JHS.63.6
SEUNG-HAN SHIN. "‘Pretending to Be a Grown-up’ in Linda Sue Park’s When My Name Was Keoko" 인문논총 63(2024) : 129-149.doi: 10.33638/JHS.63.6
