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@article{ART002202449},
author={Na Boryeong},
title={Busan and Americanism in Yom Sangseop’s Novels in the 1950s},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2017},
volume={74},
number={1},
pages={247-279},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.74.1.201702.247}

TY - JOUR
AU - Na Boryeong
TI - Busan and Americanism in Yom Sangseop’s Novels in the 1950s
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2017
VL - 74
IS - 1
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 247
EP - 279
SN - 1598-3021
AB - This paper focused on the serialized novels Saeoullim and Jipyeongseon by Yom Sangseop, and more specifically on Busan, a place of refuge which became increasingly important in Yom’s novels written in the 1950s. The two novels bring to the fore the everyday life which was quickly reestablished after the wartime scars and wounds were covered up, as well as the closely related wartime reconstruction and aid programs conducted by the United States, also centered in Busan. This is problematic because it not only affects the microscopic level, such as the everyday lives of the characters in the novels, but because it simultaneously transformed Busan into a space strongly immersed in the strong surge of Americanism. On the other hand, the paradox that the United States’ reconstruction and aid efforts took place simultaneously with indiscriminate destruction and massacre at the battlefield cannot be overlooked. Yom reveals this unique characteristic of Busan, of being the only space open to the capitalist world stage led by the hegemonic United States while the north of the 38th parallel remained completely blocked, in his novels. This is in accordance with the issue presented in Hyopung, which is set in Seoul under the U. S. Army Military Government in Korea, through which it can be confirmed that Busan in Yom’s novels written in the 1950s is a space situated in the path of Yom’s journey of crossing the border (defecting to South Korea), which continued since the liberation of Korea, and that Busan also serves as a representative space which reflects the ongoing themes in Yom’s works after the liberation and the Korean war.
KW - Korean War;UNCACK;UNKRA;post-war reconstruction;defecting to South Korea;crossing the border
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.74.1.201702.247
ER -

Na Boryeong. (2017). Busan and Americanism in Yom Sangseop’s Novels in the 1950s. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 74(1), 247-279.

Na Boryeong. 2017, "Busan and Americanism in Yom Sangseop’s Novels in the 1950s", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.74, no.1 pp.247-279. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.74.1.201702.247

Na Boryeong "Busan and Americanism in Yom Sangseop’s Novels in the 1950s" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 74.1 pp.247-279 (2017) : 247.

Na Boryeong. Busan and Americanism in Yom Sangseop’s Novels in the 1950s. 2017; 74(1), 247-279. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.74.1.201702.247

Na Boryeong. "Busan and Americanism in Yom Sangseop’s Novels in the 1950s" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 74, no.1 (2017) : 247-279.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.74.1.201702.247

Na Boryeong. Busan and Americanism in Yom Sangseop’s Novels in the 1950s. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 74(1), 247-279. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.74.1.201702.247

Na Boryeong. Busan and Americanism in Yom Sangseop’s Novels in the 1950s. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2017; 74(1) 247-279. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.74.1.201702.247

Na Boryeong. Busan and Americanism in Yom Sangseop’s Novels in the 1950s. 2017; 74(1), 247-279. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.74.1.201702.247

Na Boryeong. "Busan and Americanism in Yom Sangseop’s Novels in the 1950s" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 74, no.1 (2017) : 247-279.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.74.1.201702.247