@article{ART003266741},
author={Jeon Seong Kyu and Jung Soo Hyun},
title={Han Kang’s Construction of Lexicon and Creation of Interactive Media - With a Focus on The White Book and We Do Not Part -},
journal={Journal of Humanities},
issn={1598-8457},
year={2025},
number={99},
pages={125-171}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jeon Seong Kyu
AU - Jung Soo Hyun
TI - Han Kang’s Construction of Lexicon and Creation of Interactive Media - With a Focus on The White Book and We Do Not Part -
JO - Journal of Humanities
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 99
PB - Institute for Humanities
SP - 125
EP - 171
SN - 1598-8457
AB - This study quantitatively models the semantic relations between Han Kang's The White Book (Huin, 2016) and We Do Not Part (Jakbyeolhaji anneunda, 2021) and, by mapping how lexemes shared with The White Book are varied and expanded in We Do Not Part (2021), examines how the latter constructs the circuits of mourning and memory. It further examines how Han Kang's use of vocabulary in the two novels embodies what Lev Manovich calls “spatial montage” and “the logic of the database,” and seeks to reconstruct this nonlinearity through interactive media.
The analysis proceeds in four steps. First, we cluster the corpora of the two works to compare lexical dispersion and cohesion; We Do Not Partexhibits clearer segmentation at the level of semantic fields while maintaining richer and more variegated vocabularies within each field. Second, assuming The White Book functions as a reservoir of primordial motifs in We Do Not Part, we identify and assess the lexicon shared between the two works, both quantitatively and qualitatively. Third, in order to show how We Do Not Part both inherits and extends the core imageries of The White Book, we select vocabulary unique to the novel and organize it into three thematic networks—“pit–lying down,” “wind–snow–rain,” and “light–candle–shadow”—using co-occurrence graphs to trace variation and expansion across scenes. Fourth, recognizing that key signifiers in We Do Not Part are dispersed across the text and invite transversal reading, we build a Twine-based interactive prototype that hyperlinks passages around the “thread–light–shadow–sea” constellation, foregrounding spatial montage and nonlinear navigation.
Finally, the paper reads the sensory, image-producing body in We Do Not Part as prefigured in The White Book. On this p remise, it p ursues a “material” method: treating lexical units as measurable indicators that intersect with semantic strata to generate multi-layered meaning spaces. This approach exposes the structural dynamics by which Han's language organizes mourning, memory, and ethical attention.
KW - Han Kang;The White Book;We Do Not Part;Clustering;Lexical Statistical Analysis;Lexical Co-occurrence Network;Interactive Media;Shared Lexicon;Semantic Series;“Spatial Montage;” “Logic of the Database”
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Jeon Seong Kyu and Jung Soo Hyun. (2025). Han Kang’s Construction of Lexicon and Creation of Interactive Media - With a Focus on The White Book and We Do Not Part -. Journal of Humanities, 99, 125-171.
Jeon Seong Kyu and Jung Soo Hyun. 2025, "Han Kang’s Construction of Lexicon and Creation of Interactive Media - With a Focus on The White Book and We Do Not Part -", Journal of Humanities, no.99, pp.125-171.
Jeon Seong Kyu, Jung Soo Hyun "Han Kang’s Construction of Lexicon and Creation of Interactive Media - With a Focus on The White Book and We Do Not Part -" Journal of Humanities 99 pp.125-171 (2025) : 125.
Jeon Seong Kyu, Jung Soo Hyun. Han Kang’s Construction of Lexicon and Creation of Interactive Media - With a Focus on The White Book and We Do Not Part -. 2025; 99 : 125-171.
Jeon Seong Kyu and Jung Soo Hyun. "Han Kang’s Construction of Lexicon and Creation of Interactive Media - With a Focus on The White Book and We Do Not Part -" Journal of Humanities no.99(2025) : 125-171.
Jeon Seong Kyu; Jung Soo Hyun. Han Kang’s Construction of Lexicon and Creation of Interactive Media - With a Focus on The White Book and We Do Not Part -. Journal of Humanities, 99, 125-171.
Jeon Seong Kyu; Jung Soo Hyun. Han Kang’s Construction of Lexicon and Creation of Interactive Media - With a Focus on The White Book and We Do Not Part -. Journal of Humanities. 2025; 99 125-171.
Jeon Seong Kyu, Jung Soo Hyun. Han Kang’s Construction of Lexicon and Creation of Interactive Media - With a Focus on The White Book and We Do Not Part -. 2025; 99 : 125-171.
Jeon Seong Kyu and Jung Soo Hyun. "Han Kang’s Construction of Lexicon and Creation of Interactive Media - With a Focus on The White Book and We Do Not Part -" Journal of Humanities no.99(2025) : 125-171.
