@article{ART003263806},
author={SHI CE},
title={Lee Deok-seong and the Politics of Korean Literary Criticism in Manchuria},
journal={Journal of Manchurian Studies},
issn={1738-3668},
year={2025},
number={40},
pages={81-112}
TY - JOUR
AU - SHI CE
TI - Lee Deok-seong and the Politics of Korean Literary Criticism in Manchuria
JO - Journal of Manchurian Studies
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 40
PB - The Manchurian Studies Association
SP - 81
EP - 112
SN - 1738-3668
AB - During his years in Manchuria, Lee Deok-seong (1915–1948) used literary criticism to great effect in negotiating the contradictions of colonial modernity.Across nearly fifty essays, he wrestled with the opposing pulls of tradition and innovation, nationalism and imperialism, and sought ways to secure cultural autonomy and articulate a distinctly Korean literary identity. Even amid the cultural clashes and displacements of the Pacific War, Lee’s insistence on literature’s ethical and historical responsibilities helped delineate the contours of wartime Korean literary criticism in Manchuria.Drawing on Lee’s surviving works this study traces both the evolution and the limits of his intellectual position and provides a nuanced view of how his criticism reflected the shifting boundaries of Korean literary thought under empire. His efforts to blend Western theoretical frameworks with Korean national discourse in ways that reveal an emerging independent logic—one that developed in tandem with the ideological transformations of that time.
KW - Lee Deok-seong;Korean literary criticism;cultural autonomy;nationalism;Guidelines for Literary Guidance
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SHI CE. (2025). Lee Deok-seong and the Politics of Korean Literary Criticism in Manchuria. Journal of Manchurian Studies, 40, 81-112.
SHI CE. 2025, "Lee Deok-seong and the Politics of Korean Literary Criticism in Manchuria", Journal of Manchurian Studies, no.40, pp.81-112.
SHI CE "Lee Deok-seong and the Politics of Korean Literary Criticism in Manchuria" Journal of Manchurian Studies 40 pp.81-112 (2025) : 81.
SHI CE. Lee Deok-seong and the Politics of Korean Literary Criticism in Manchuria. 2025; 40 : 81-112.
SHI CE. "Lee Deok-seong and the Politics of Korean Literary Criticism in Manchuria" Journal of Manchurian Studies no.40(2025) : 81-112.
SHI CE. Lee Deok-seong and the Politics of Korean Literary Criticism in Manchuria. Journal of Manchurian Studies, 40, 81-112.
SHI CE. Lee Deok-seong and the Politics of Korean Literary Criticism in Manchuria. Journal of Manchurian Studies. 2025; 40 81-112.
SHI CE. Lee Deok-seong and the Politics of Korean Literary Criticism in Manchuria. 2025; 40 : 81-112.
SHI CE. "Lee Deok-seong and the Politics of Korean Literary Criticism in Manchuria" Journal of Manchurian Studies no.40(2025) : 81-112.
