@article{ART002988938},
author={Minho Park},
title={The Political Meanings of Liu Cixin's Three-Body},
journal={The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China},
issn={1738-0502},
year={2023},
number={69},
pages={237-255},
doi={10.16874/jslckc.2023..69.009}
TY - JOUR
AU - Minho Park
TI - The Political Meanings of Liu Cixin's Three-Body
JO - The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
PY - 2023
VL - null
IS - 69
PB - Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
SP - 237
EP - 255
SN - 1738-0502
AB - This study is an attempt to find the meaning of this work from a different perspective, while taking a look at the contents of the political meanings melted in Three Body, a representative work of world-renowned SF writer Liu Cixin. Liu Cixin's Three Body expresses the universal principle of the universe as a 'dark forest', and seems to define the existence of intelligent life in the universe as a strict struggle for survival. In particular, the confrontation between Thomas Wade and Chengxin in the story in Part 3 of Three Body is understood as a confrontation between cold-hearted realism/authoritarianism and ideal humanitarianism/democracy. In particular, the crises and ruins of human being repeatedly caused by Chengxin's weakness seem to lead readers' thoughts to realist ideology.
However, this study analyzes that the politics of participation shown by the last human named Chengxin at the finale of the work resists the simple interpretation of the character of this work as ‘cold-hearted realism’. Through this narrative device, the writer creates the effect of liberating the reader's thoughts to the maximum rather than directing them in a specific direction.
KW - Liu Cixin;Three Body;brinkmanship tactics;state of exception;sovereignty;liberalism
DO - 10.16874/jslckc.2023..69.009
ER -
Minho Park. (2023). The Political Meanings of Liu Cixin's Three-Body. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 69, 237-255.
Minho Park. 2023, "The Political Meanings of Liu Cixin's Three-Body", The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, no.69, pp.237-255. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2023..69.009
Minho Park "The Political Meanings of Liu Cixin's Three-Body" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China 69 pp.237-255 (2023) : 237.
Minho Park. The Political Meanings of Liu Cixin's Three-Body. 2023; 69 : 237-255. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2023..69.009
Minho Park. "The Political Meanings of Liu Cixin's Three-Body" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.69(2023) : 237-255.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2023..69.009
Minho Park. The Political Meanings of Liu Cixin's Three-Body. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 69, 237-255. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2023..69.009
Minho Park. The Political Meanings of Liu Cixin's Three-Body. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China. 2023; 69 237-255. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2023..69.009
Minho Park. The Political Meanings of Liu Cixin's Three-Body. 2023; 69 : 237-255. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2023..69.009
Minho Park. "The Political Meanings of Liu Cixin's Three-Body" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.69(2023) : 237-255.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2023..69.009
