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Literature as Encounter and Discovery, as exemplified by Hahn Moo-Sook’s novel Encounter
The Italian explorer Columbus (1451-1506) discovered the American Continent in 1492. Of course, the unknown continent had existed even before he discovered it. But through Columbus’ discovery the unknown entity has emerged above the surface of the historical waters as a "New World." Literature is like a voyage in search of a new continent, and the author is like Columbus. In the course of our lives, undiscovered subject matters abound like countless islands in the gigantic ocean of awareness. If perchance such a continent is not discovered through the eyes of a writer, it would sink to eternal oblivion. An author, therefore, is like an explorer who, through an endless literary voyage, discovers and reveals a fascinating New World. Accordingly, an author may be called a christener of a particular subject matter just as Columbus who, upon discovery of an unknown continent, finally helped it exist by naming it America. Just as a conductor’s baton directs a violinist in an orchestra or a drummer’s dance, when a writer names something, he or she confers upon it both its existence and meaning.
In classical Korean literature, two great literary pieces, The Tale of Ch'unhyang and The Tale of Shimchong, represent two prototypes to which modern Korean literature can be related. In the classical tale of Ch’unhyang, the important motif is none other than "encounter." Love sprouts from an encounter at the Kwanghan Pavilion in Namwon in the Southwestern Province of Cholla, between Yi Mong-nyong, son of the county magistrate, and Ch’unhyang, daughter of a retired kisaeng (a woman entertainer, similar to Japanese geisha). For them, their class...
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Just as the moon is somewhere in the sky, even if it is sunken into the
eastern mountain, my faith is constant in my heart. Just as the water is still in
the pond, even if it is evaporated from the surface, my faith is constant.
Saint Francis said the following:
Flower petals fall, but the flowers never wither forever.
Indeed, the author Hahn Moo-Sook has died and left us. However, just as the moon is still in the sky and the flowers come back every year, although flowers fall, she is still meeting us and she is living next to us through her work Encounter. The greatness of literature is none other than that.
1Encounter: A Novel of Nineteenth-Century Korea by Moo-Sook Hahn, Translated by Ok Young Kim Chang. Foreword by Don Baker. University of California Press, 1992. ISBN(s): Cloth-- 0520073800 Paper-- 0520073819
Blaine Harden, former national correspondent and writer for the New York Times, delivers an agonizing and heartbreaking story of one man’s extremely conflicted life in a labor camp and an endeavor of escaping this place he grew up in. This man’s name is Shin Dong-hyuk. Together, Blaine Harden and Shin Dong-hyuk tell us the story of this man’s imprisonment and escape into South Korea and eventually, the United States, from North Korea. This biography that takes place from 1982-2011, reports to its readers on what is really going on in “one of the world’s darkest nations” (back cover of the book), that is run under a communist state and totalitarian dictatorship that was lead by Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, and currently lead by Kim-Jong un. In Escape from Camp 14, Shin shows us the adaptation of his life and how one man can truly evolve from an animal, into a real human being.
In 1492, Christopher Columbus was a self-made man who worked his way up to being the Captain of a merchant vessel. He gained the support of the Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, for an expedition to the Indies. With the support of the Spanish monarchy, he set off to find a new and faster trade route to the Indies. Upon the arrival of his first voyage, Columbus wrote a letter to Luis de Santangel, a “royal official and an early supporter of his venture,” in February 1493 (35). The epistle, letter, entitled “Letter to Luis de Santangel Regarding the First Voyage” was copied and then distributed in Spain before being translated and spread throughout Europe. The Letter is held in such regard with the people as it is considered the first printed description of the new world. Through his description of the nature of the islands, Columbus decided the future fate of the islands. His description of the vast beauty of the nature around him, declares both the economic and nationalistic motivations for colonizing the new world.
One of China’s most popular love comedies, The Story of the Western Wing (Xixiang Ji) by Wang Shifu (1250-1300) dramatizes a scholar-and-beauty romance. Zhang Sheng, a promising student, and Cui Yingying, a beautiful maiden, meet in a temple, fall in love at first sight and after a series of thwarted attempts, they end up happily marrying each other, after the student has passed the civil exam as the top one, of course. Among the five books of The Story of the Western Wing, Book III stands out in the very middle of the whole play with interesting characteristics in terms of both theatrical features and thematic complexity. First of all, while dan and sheng share most of the arias in the other four books, the “small dan” Hongniang takes all the singing parts in this book and by doing so emerges as the major character as the play goes on. Moreover, due to her liminal status as a housemaid, that is, her relative freedom of entering different private spaces as well as tabooed topics, Hongniang’s domination of the stage adds much more complexity to the scholar-beauty love story. Second, Book III is depleted of spectacular scenes, which are considered fundamental to the Chinese theater (so-called “total theater”) and do appear in the other books, such as the ceremony scene in Book I and the roaring bandits in Book II. Instead, what we have here is the three core characters, namely Hongniang, Zhang Sheng and Yingying getting on and off the stage, conjuring, insinuating and conspiring without fully accomplishing any goal yet significantly complicating their interrelationships and respective desires. Hence, instead of appealing to the audience with spectacular staging, Book...
Thru history studies in grade school and secondary school students are taught of the great explorer who discovered America, Christopher Columbus. Tales of his many voyages and the names of his ships the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria are engrained into the minds of children through rhyme and song. For many years the history written in text books have been regard as fact however information provided by Howard Zinn excerpt has shed new light on the shadowy past of Christopher Columbus.
Tucker, Spencer C., Jinwung Kim, Michael R, Nichols, Paul G. Pierpaoli, Priscilla Roberst, and Norman R. Zehr, eds. Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History. Vol. I. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2000. Print. 89-90.
Meanwhile, they make up all kinds of details to tell a better story and to humanize Columbus so that readers will identify with him” (1). On American textbooks, Christopher Columbus was portray as the first person who discovered America, but it is actually a lie that Columbus is the first America’s “great” hero. In my opinion, American textbooks put more emphasis on making significant heroic character rather than giving a true detail of history. Also, it provides a mythical hero and covers up anything that shows in the history of the America in a negative light and made them look bad. Explorers who reached America before Columbus are well underplayed. They should stick to the facts of what Columbus really did and should focus on as many accurate details of Columbus’ life, without overcompensating for his
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. However, even after centuries later, little is truly known of the mysterious voyage and findings of the new world.1 By examining “Letter from Columbus to Luis Santangel”, one can further contextualize the events of Columbus' exploration of the New World. The letter uncovers Columbus' subtle hints of his true intentions and exposes his exaggerated tone that catered to his lavish demands with Spain. Likewise, The Columbian Voyage Map read in accordance with the letter helps the reader track Columbus' first, second, third, and fourth voyage to the New World carefully and conveniently. Thus, the letter and map's rarity and description render invaluable insight into Columbus' intentionality of the New World and its indigenous inhabitants.
Christopher Columbus also known as the “discover” of the New World, was an Italian colonialist, a unique navigator and one of the most famous explorers of all times. He is well-known for his several expeditions for the discovery of gold and land. In spite of having opened and inspired the European colonization in America and sacrificed his life for finding productive land, he was also blamed for the destruction and death of the native people who lived in the islands he explored. What it is undoubted is the legacy he left as a writer through his journal and letters documenting his adventure of exploration.
Today in America, we see Christopher Columbus as a hero. In school we learn that he brazenly voyaged across the Atlantic and discovered America, and valiantly brought forth a new era of history. And then as we get older, we start to learn that there are some complications. Columbus may not be simply the bold adventurer we were taught he was. His discoveries not only opened a new world for Europeans to explore, but brought a less-desirable fate upon the native people.
By any measure, The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong, known as Hanjungnok (Records written in silence), is a remarkable piece of Korean literature and an invaluable historical document, in which a Korean woman narrated an event that can be described as the ultimate male power rivalry surrounding a father-son conflict that culminates in her husband’s death. However, the Memoirs were much more than a political and historical murder mystery; writing this memoir was her way of seeking forgiveness. As Haboush pointed out in her informative Introduction, Lady Hyegyong experienced a conflict herself between the demands imposed by the roles that came with her marriage, each of which included both public and private aspects. We see that Lady Hyegyong justified her decision to live as choosing the most public of her duties, and she decided that for her and other members of her family must to be judged fairly, which required an accurate understanding of the her husband’s death. It was also important to understand that Lady Hyegyong had to endure the
Now that the process by which history books and textbooks is distinct, three different historical topics will be analyzed pitting the textbook’s depiction versus what is documented by historians. First up is a well-known historical figure – Christopher Columbus. Growing up I always learned that Columbus was an American hero who was robbed of his due credit when America was not named after him. This Columbian perception is akin with what is taught in textbooks. According to James Loewen, who gathered information from 12 different textbooks, most accounts of Columbus highlight that he was funded by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand, sailed for the East Indies, accidentally found the Americas in 1492, never realized that he was the first to land
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Diamond, Marie Josephine, ed. “Hwang Sun-won.” Bloom’s Literature. Facts On File, 2011. Web. 14 Apr. 2014. .
The Japanese occupation of Korea affected so many people and families, both Korean and Japanese. In the book Year of Impossible Goodbyes, by Sook Nyul Choi, Sookan, a teenager living in the North of Korea, is a perfect example of how so many lives were changed and affected. In this book, Sookan’s personality changes to be more protective during the book because of the life-changing events that occurred. First, is when her Grandfather passes away, when the war is over, and when her mother gets taken away as she and Inchun, her younger brother, are escaping to the South. After her grandfather passes away, Sookan sits out the yard and thinks about the pain of being Korean, then Inchun comes and sits next to her, and Sookan becomes very protective