Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Modern Korean Drama: An Anthology

Modern Korean Drama: An Anthology 226 The Journal of Korean Studies Modern Korean Drama: An Anthology edited by Richard Nichols. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. 325 pp. Appendix. Bibliography. $50.00 (cloth) Modern Korean Drama: An Anthology is an essential addition to the growing canon of Korean literature made available in the English language, filling major lacunae in the translation of South Korean dramatic works. I echo the sentiment of other reviewers that this volume, a long overdue and much needed publi­ cation, accomplishes the task it set for itself most thoroughly and superbly: to introduce a diverse array of significant achievements by seven South Korean playwrights. The anthology spans a period of fifty years, off ering one play each from the 1960s, 1970s, and the 2000s, and four plays from the 1990s. Despite the fact that it does not include a work from the 1980s-probably the most politicized decade in South Korean history-the volume invites readers into a world of remarkable diversity of themes, topics, and concerns treated by these seven plays. The variety of intellectual worldviews and the evolving range of dramaturgical styles and trends encompassed in the seven works combine with the artistic merit of each play to make the editor's http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Korean Studies Duke University Press

Modern Korean Drama: An Anthology

Lee, Jin-kyung
Journal of Korean Studies , Volume 19 (1) – Mar 14, 2014
Download PDF
2 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/duke-university-press/modern-korean-drama-an-anthology-DbFrebf8eQ
Copyright
Copyright © 2014 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
ISSN
0731-1613
eISSN
2158-1665
DOI
10.1353/jks.2014.0008
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

226 The Journal of Korean Studies Modern Korean Drama: An Anthology edited by Richard Nichols. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. 325 pp. Appendix. Bibliography. $50.00 (cloth) Modern Korean Drama: An Anthology is an essential addition to the growing canon of Korean literature made available in the English language, filling major lacunae in the translation of South Korean dramatic works. I echo the sentiment of other reviewers that this volume, a long overdue and much needed publi­ cation, accomplishes the task it set for itself most thoroughly and superbly: to introduce a diverse array of significant achievements by seven South Korean playwrights. The anthology spans a period of fifty years, off ering one play each from the 1960s, 1970s, and the 2000s, and four plays from the 1990s. Despite the fact that it does not include a work from the 1980s-probably the most politicized decade in South Korean history-the volume invites readers into a world of remarkable diversity of themes, topics, and concerns treated by these seven plays. The variety of intellectual worldviews and the evolving range of dramaturgical styles and trends encompassed in the seven works combine with the artistic merit of each play to make the editor's

Journal

Journal of Korean Studies – Duke University Press

Published: Mar 14, 2014

There are no references for this article.