TY - JOUR
AU - McCann, David R. (David Richard)
AB -  Another Perspective David R. McCann for his purported avoidance of the themes of his day: the Japanese colonial occupation (1910-1945), the division of Korea in 1945, and the Korean War (1950-1953) and its aftermath, notably including the repressive political regimes running from Syngman Rhee through Park Chung Hee, Chun Doo Hwan, to Roh Tae Woo. Originally published in 1953, "Cranes" in particular seems to elicit a reaction against what is viewed as too romantic an ending--the cranes flying off into the blue sky--for its subject, the brutal Korean War. Yet the story is far more complex than its scant number of pages would suggest, its shifting point of view having a resonance with the events of the war and the years preceding that stands as a bold challenge to the tragic political uncertainties of that time in Korean history. It demands a second reading, and stands as its own demonstration that the structure and movement within a narrative are as significant as the contents. While they may be considered elementary by some, the notes that follow are meant as soundings, to record the depths of a story that many readers view as simple and romantic. This is an 
TI - On "Cranes"
JF - Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture
DA - 2007-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/university-of-hawai-i-press/on-cranes-QnIYo5on1z
SP - 313
EP - 316
VL - 1
IS - 
DP - DeepDyve
ER -