Cover; Reading Colonial Korea through Fiction; Critical Studies in Korean Literature and Culture in Translation; Reading Colonial Korea through Fiction: The Ventriloquists; Contents; Preface; Note on Romanization; Foreword; Chapter 1; Yo-dokari Tablet; Notes; Works Cited; Chapter 2; 'Oily touches on a canvas, stroking and scattering the pigments'; Notes; Works Cited; Chapter 3; 'What Brings You Here?'; Works Cited; Chapter 4; 'The law is not afraid of yangban, is it?'; Note; Works Cited; Chapter 5; 'To talk it over in English'; Works Cited; Chapter 6; 'Love is blind'
Summary
This study examines the roots of modern Korean fiction and its origin in the Japanese colonial period. These essays highlight the intimate connection between modernity and colonialism and provide a wide-ranging investigation into how the language and literature of Korean society was constructed
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 25, 2018)