@article{ART002876668},
author={HEEYOUNG CHOI},
title={English Literature as a Tool for Understanding Korean Local Culture and Contemporary History An Analysis of North American Readers’ Review of The Island of Sea Women},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2022},
volume={79},
number={3},
pages={297-325},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.79.3.202208.297}
TY - JOUR
AU - HEEYOUNG CHOI
TI - English Literature as a Tool for Understanding Korean Local Culture and Contemporary History An Analysis of North American Readers’ Review of The Island of Sea Women
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2022
VL - 79
IS - 3
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 297
EP - 325
SN - 1598-3021
AB - This study examines the response of North American readers of The Island of Sea Women: A Novel, written by the New York Times best-selling author Lisa See in 2019. The Island of Sea Women is about female friendship and devastating family secrets of two women named Young-sook and Mi-ja on the Jeju Island, located southwest of the Korean Peninsula. The historical novel covers the period from 1938, when Japan occupied Korea, to 2008, when Jeju 4 · 3 Peace Park was established. The third chapter, describing the chronological sequence of events related with the Jeju 4 · 3 Incident, reveals how one’s personal life was affected by power and violence of the state.
The Island of Sea Women is in line with 4 · 3 literature, which has been in the spotlight recently in the Korean literary world; however, it differs from other examples in that the author is neither Korean nor a person of Korean descent. This study, focusing on the fact that its targeted audiences are also North Americans, investigates 12 book club discussions to identify the effectiveness of English literature in promoting the public interest in Korean local culture and Korean contemporary history such as the Jeju 4 · 3 Incident
KW - The Island of Sea Women;Jeju 4·3 Incident;4·3 Literature;English Literature;Book Discussion;Korean Local Culture;Korean Contemporary History
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.79.3.202208.297
ER -
HEEYOUNG CHOI. (2022). English Literature as a Tool for Understanding Korean Local Culture and Contemporary History An Analysis of North American Readers’ Review of The Island of Sea Women. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 79(3), 297-325.
HEEYOUNG CHOI. 2022, "English Literature as a Tool for Understanding Korean Local Culture and Contemporary History An Analysis of North American Readers’ Review of The Island of Sea Women", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.79, no.3 pp.297-325. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.79.3.202208.297
HEEYOUNG CHOI "English Literature as a Tool for Understanding Korean Local Culture and Contemporary History An Analysis of North American Readers’ Review of The Island of Sea Women" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 79.3 pp.297-325 (2022) : 297.
HEEYOUNG CHOI. English Literature as a Tool for Understanding Korean Local Culture and Contemporary History An Analysis of North American Readers’ Review of The Island of Sea Women. 2022; 79(3), 297-325. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.79.3.202208.297
HEEYOUNG CHOI. "English Literature as a Tool for Understanding Korean Local Culture and Contemporary History An Analysis of North American Readers’ Review of The Island of Sea Women" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 79, no.3 (2022) : 297-325.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.79.3.202208.297
HEEYOUNG CHOI. English Literature as a Tool for Understanding Korean Local Culture and Contemporary History An Analysis of North American Readers’ Review of The Island of Sea Women. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 79(3), 297-325. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.79.3.202208.297
HEEYOUNG CHOI. English Literature as a Tool for Understanding Korean Local Culture and Contemporary History An Analysis of North American Readers’ Review of The Island of Sea Women. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2022; 79(3) 297-325. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.79.3.202208.297
HEEYOUNG CHOI. English Literature as a Tool for Understanding Korean Local Culture and Contemporary History An Analysis of North American Readers’ Review of The Island of Sea Women. 2022; 79(3), 297-325. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.79.3.202208.297
HEEYOUNG CHOI. "English Literature as a Tool for Understanding Korean Local Culture and Contemporary History An Analysis of North American Readers’ Review of The Island of Sea Women" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 79, no.3 (2022) : 297-325.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.79.3.202208.297
