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- Publisher
- University of Hawai'I Press
- Copyright
- Copyright © Biographical Research Center
- ISSN
- 0162-4962
- eISSN
- 1529-1456
Abstract
life writing in the making the year in korea heui -yung arkp Since the second half of 2016, a notable number of life writing texts, especial- ly memoirs and autobiographies, have appeared in South Korea. Though fine distinctions are drawn between memoirs and autobiographies by life writ- ing specialists such as Lee Quinby, Julie Rak, and Nancy K. Miller, in Korea memoirs tend to represent life stories of renowned figures, while autobiogra - phies tell those of the less privileged in society due to class, gender, or some other marginalized status. Recently, educational books and workshops on how to write and publish one’s own stories have proliferated. Such recent de- velopments in Korean life writing show us the field’s shaping characteristics, albeit with some cautions, and suggest ways it may continue to grow. Among the various genres of life narratives, hoegorok (memoirs) have ap- peared in greater numbers in recent years, paralleling somewhat the memoir boom that Julie Rak describes in North America. Memoirs published in South Korea since mid-2016 include the thirty-fourth Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Song Min-sun’s Pingha nŭn umjiginda: pihaekhwa wa t’ongil oegyo ŭi hyŏnjang (2016); Chŏng Tar-yŏng’s Chŏng Tar-yŏng hoegorok (2017); the Minister
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Biography – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Mar 8, 2018