[학술논문] THREAT TO THE FAMILY REVOLUTION IN NORTH KOREA: READING THE INDIVIDUAL IN PAEK NAMRYONG’S FRIEND
According to some North Korean defectors, Paek Namryong’s Pŏt (Friend) caused a sensation among the North Korean readers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This is not only because of the novelty of bringing a sensitive issue of divorce into the narrative, but also because Paek creatively depicts the raw human nature and emotions through the characters. While the narrative attempts to maintain
[학술논문] Beyond Axis of Evil: Teaching North Korean Literature at an American University
This past fall semester of 2012, I taught a course called “North Korean Literature” at Binghamton University, using only primary sources that I have translated for this course. To the extent of my knowledge, a course solely devoted to only North Korean literature (that is using only primary sources)has not been taught at American academic institutions that houses Korean Studies. In fact