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The Expectation and Prospect of Contemporary Chinese Novel in Korea

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2012, (29), pp.105-119
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2012..29.006
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : June 30, 2012

Kim Gyeongnam 1

1덕성여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

The cultural exchange between Korea and China has historically been incessant, except the period of short lapse during the 20th century due to political and military reasons. Starting from the 1970’s, the Korean publishing circles began to widen the scope of understanding China by introducing a body of Chinese literature, but its overall effect was rather limited. What triggered the cultural exchange between the two countries was the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two in 1992. However, the exchange in literature was vitalized only after the onset of the 21th century when a large body of literary works began to be translated and published. Especially, the booming of publishing Chinese literary works, triggered by the repeated visits by representative contemporary Chinese authors, can be seen as a major achievement. It is regretable, however, that most of the contemporary Chinese writers and their works are still unknown to the Korean public, except a small number of prominent writers such as Sutong(蘇童), Yuhua(余華), Moyan(莫言).

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