Mujong (The Heartless)

Yi Kwang-su and Modern Korean Literature

Kwang-su Yi, Ann Sung-Hi Lee

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Hawaii University Press
31 March 2011

Literature: history & criticism; Fiction & Literature; Asian history

Yi Kwang-su (1892-1950) was one of the pioneers of modern Korean literature. When the serialization of Mujong (The Heartless) began in 1917, it was an immediate sensation, and it occupies a prominent place in the Korean literary canon. The Heartless is the story of a love triangle among three youths during the Japanese occupation. Yi Hyong-sik is a young man in his mid-twenties who is teaching English at a middle school in Seoul. Brilliant but also shy and indecisive, he is torn between two women. Kim Son-hyong is from a wealthy Christian family; she has just graduated from a modern, Western-style school and is planning on continuing her studies in the United States. Pak Yong-ch'ae is a musically gifted young woman who was raised in a traditional Confucian manner; due to family misfortune, she has become a kisaeng but remains devoted to Hyong-sik whom she knew as a child. The Heartless goes beyond the level of romantic melodrama and uses these characters to depict Korea's struggles with modern culture and national identity. A long critical introduction discusses Yi Kwang-su's life and work from his birth in 1892 to the publication of his first novel The Heartless in 1917. It contains in-depth analyses of the novel, Yi Kwang-su's literary theory, and early short stories.

By: Kwang-su Yi
Translated by: Ann Sung-Hi Lee
Imprint: Hawaii University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 127
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 907g
ISBN: 9781885445278
ISBN 10: 188544527X
Pages: 444
Publication Date: 31 March 2011
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Mujong (The Heartless): Yi Kwang-su and Modern Korean Literature

Those of us interested in modern Korean literature are indebted to Ann Sung-Hi Lee for making this full text of Mujong available in English in a thoroughly researched and readable translation. -- Kichung Kim * Korean Studies Review *