@article{ART003086773},
author={Kim, Dongwook},
title={Reading Byeongangsoi-ga as a Black Comedy},
journal={Journal of Korean Literature},
issn={1598-2076},
year={2024},
number={49},
pages={63-88},
doi={10.52723/JKL.49.063}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim, Dongwook
TI - Reading Byeongangsoi-ga as a Black Comedy
JO - Journal of Korean Literature
PY - 2024
VL - null
IS - 49
PB - The Society Of Korean Literature
SP - 63
EP - 88
SN - 1598-2076
AB - This paper seeks to interpret Byeongangsoi-ga as a black comedy. Previous studies on Byeongangsoi-ga have been dominated by perspectives that view it in the context of class conflicts such as ‘vagabonds’ or ‘village society’ or in the context of ideologies such as feminism. However, this paper focuses on the last sentence of Park Dong-jin’s editorial, ‘All these words were done for a laugh’, and attempts to read Byeongangsoi-ga with the genre concept of black comedy, with ‘laugh’ as the keyword. Patrick O’Neill, in his comprehensive examination of black humor in Western literature, summarizes the five modes of expression of black humor: satire, irony, grotesque, absurdity, and parody. This paper uses Patrick O’Neill’s theorem to read the black comedic features of Byeongangsoi-ga through the five keywords of grotesque, absurdity, irony, parody, and satire. As a result, it is possible to interpret the scene of Byeongangsoi’s death, the scene of DepDeuk’s grinding of the corpse, the characterization of Byeongangsoi and Ongnyeo, the characterization of DepDeuk, and the appearance of Jangseung differently from previous studies.
KW - Byeongangsoi-ga;Black Comedy;Grotesque;Absurdity;Irony;Parody;Satire
DO - 10.52723/JKL.49.063
ER -
Kim, Dongwook. (2024). Reading Byeongangsoi-ga as a Black Comedy. Journal of Korean Literature, 49, 63-88.
Kim, Dongwook. 2024, "Reading Byeongangsoi-ga as a Black Comedy", Journal of Korean Literature, no.49, pp.63-88. Available from: doi:10.52723/JKL.49.063
Kim, Dongwook "Reading Byeongangsoi-ga as a Black Comedy" Journal of Korean Literature 49 pp.63-88 (2024) : 63.
Kim, Dongwook. Reading Byeongangsoi-ga as a Black Comedy. 2024; 49 : 63-88. Available from: doi:10.52723/JKL.49.063
Kim, Dongwook. "Reading Byeongangsoi-ga as a Black Comedy" Journal of Korean Literature no.49(2024) : 63-88.doi: 10.52723/JKL.49.063
Kim, Dongwook. Reading Byeongangsoi-ga as a Black Comedy. Journal of Korean Literature, 49, 63-88. doi: 10.52723/JKL.49.063
Kim, Dongwook. Reading Byeongangsoi-ga as a Black Comedy. Journal of Korean Literature. 2024; 49 63-88. doi: 10.52723/JKL.49.063
Kim, Dongwook. Reading Byeongangsoi-ga as a Black Comedy. 2024; 49 : 63-88. Available from: doi:10.52723/JKL.49.063
Kim, Dongwook. "Reading Byeongangsoi-ga as a Black Comedy" Journal of Korean Literature no.49(2024) : 63-88.doi: 10.52723/JKL.49.063
