Abstract:The first modern detective novels created in Korea and China were Haejo Yi's Twin Jade Flutes and Simian Lü's Chinese Female Detectives, respectively. Both introduce female detectives and present new narratives distinct from pre-existing family narratives or patriarchal ideology. These texts were followed by Lengfo Wang's Chuna shi, a novelization of an unsolved murder case in China that reflected a new vision and attitude toward dealing with female crimes in the modern transitional period. Its Korean translation, Geonsik Yang's Suspicious Scandal, is a pioneering case of quick translation of a Chinese popular novel. However, because the detective's narrative was abridged in the translation in colonial Korea, the criticism of patriarchy and political aspirations in the original work could not but be eliminated. Through these novels, historical elements and changes in imagination can be reevaluated from a new perspective, thereby gaining insight into the popularization of modern detective novels in East Asia in the early twentieth century.
{"title":"Formation of the Modern Detective Novel and the Imagination of Crime Narratives in Korea and China in the Early 20th Century","authors":"Jinyoung Park","doi":"10.1353/seo.2022.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/seo.2022.0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The first modern detective novels created in Korea and China were Haejo Yi's Twin Jade Flutes and Simian Lü's Chinese Female Detectives, respectively. Both introduce female detectives and present new narratives distinct from pre-existing family narratives or patriarchal ideology. These texts were followed by Lengfo Wang's Chuna shi, a novelization of an unsolved murder case in China that reflected a new vision and attitude toward dealing with female crimes in the modern transitional period. Its Korean translation, Geonsik Yang's Suspicious Scandal, is a pioneering case of quick translation of a Chinese popular novel. However, because the detective's narrative was abridged in the translation in colonial Korea, the criticism of patriarchy and political aspirations in the original work could not but be eliminated. Through these novels, historical elements and changes in imagination can be reevaluated from a new perspective, thereby gaining insight into the popularization of modern detective novels in East Asia in the early twentieth century.","PeriodicalId":41678,"journal":{"name":"Seoul Journal of Korean Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43021935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Carving Status at Kŭmgangsan: Elite Graffiti in Premodern Korea by Maya K. H. Stiller (review)","authors":"Yoonjung Seo","doi":"10.1353/seo.2022.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/seo.2022.0015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41678,"journal":{"name":"Seoul Journal of Korean Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43398503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:This study examines the authenticity of sijo songs attributed to the late Goryeo (918–1392) and early Joseon (1392–1897) periods. These sijo songs primarily adhere to themes of loyalty to the ruined Goryeo dynasty, or to the tragic execution of King Danjong (r. 1452–1455) in the early Joseon period. The former is typically represented by Jeong Mongju 鄭夢周 and Gil Jae 吉再, and the latter by Wang Bangyeon 王邦衍 and Seong Sammun 成三問. The background stories and attributed authorship of sijo songs are not always aligned with historical facts and often contradict official records. The background stories first emerged in unofficial history books in the seventeenth century, though the original sijo texts predate these narratives. At the time, the sarim 士林 (Neo-Confucian literati without political power) class played a pivotal role in developing these background stories. They yearned to restore the loyalists' honor and consolidate their ideological and political power; thus, they disseminated sijo songs associated with stories of loyalty through unofficial historical texts. Later, the compilers of public songbooks affirmed the sijo–author relationship in songbooks that proliferated in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Consequently, the myths of early sijo and loyalty were formed and solidified.
{"title":"Attribution of Sijo Song Authorship to Historical Figures: Sijo of Late Goryeo and Early Joseon","authors":"Jaemin Park","doi":"10.1353/seo.2022.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/seo.2022.0013","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This study examines the authenticity of sijo songs attributed to the late Goryeo (918–1392) and early Joseon (1392–1897) periods. These sijo songs primarily adhere to themes of loyalty to the ruined Goryeo dynasty, or to the tragic execution of King Danjong (r. 1452–1455) in the early Joseon period. The former is typically represented by Jeong Mongju 鄭夢周 and Gil Jae 吉再, and the latter by Wang Bangyeon 王邦衍 and Seong Sammun 成三問. The background stories and attributed authorship of sijo songs are not always aligned with historical facts and often contradict official records. The background stories first emerged in unofficial history books in the seventeenth century, though the original sijo texts predate these narratives. At the time, the sarim 士林 (Neo-Confucian literati without political power) class played a pivotal role in developing these background stories. They yearned to restore the loyalists' honor and consolidate their ideological and political power; thus, they disseminated sijo songs associated with stories of loyalty through unofficial historical texts. Later, the compilers of public songbooks affirmed the sijo–author relationship in songbooks that proliferated in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Consequently, the myths of early sijo and loyalty were formed and solidified.","PeriodicalId":41678,"journal":{"name":"Seoul Journal of Korean Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45479895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guest Editors' Introduction","authors":"","doi":"10.1353/seo.2022.0000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/seo.2022.0000","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41678,"journal":{"name":"Seoul Journal of Korean Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44622111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Note from the Editor","authors":"S. Vermeersch","doi":"10.1353/seo.2022.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/seo.2022.0001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41678,"journal":{"name":"Seoul Journal of Korean Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46589919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Soju: A Global History by Hyunhee Park (review)","authors":"J. Frankl","doi":"10.1353/seo.2022.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/seo.2022.0010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41678,"journal":{"name":"Seoul Journal of Korean Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47583482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:In a field such as Korean Studies, where Gyeongju is considered by many the eastern arrival point of the various "Silk Roads" (both land and maritime), and a "multicultural" approach to the various topics is strongly encouraged (although still extremely rare are the scholars able to follow this encouragement), this article is an invitation to consider the possibility, hitherto never explored, that elements of European/Mediterranean derivation may have influenced Korean mythology. In particular, the author examines the myth of the birth of Aryeong, the female progenitor of Silla, and, above all, the figure of the hen-dragon (gyeryong), whose existence in Korea seems absolutely episodic and limited to the cultural context of Silla only. Taking the cue from the fact that the hendragon is instead very well known in the West, where indeed it has a long history, both on a literary and an artistic level, the author therefore hypothesizes, on the basis of the concordance of various elements, that the basilisk of the Western tradition may have influenced the Korean myth of the hen-dragon, ending up creating a new version to be added to the indigenous ones.
{"title":"A Hypothesis on the Hen-Dragon (Gyeryong) of Silla","authors":"M. Riotto","doi":"10.1353/seo.2022.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/seo.2022.0006","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In a field such as Korean Studies, where Gyeongju is considered by many the eastern arrival point of the various \"Silk Roads\" (both land and maritime), and a \"multicultural\" approach to the various topics is strongly encouraged (although still extremely rare are the scholars able to follow this encouragement), this article is an invitation to consider the possibility, hitherto never explored, that elements of European/Mediterranean derivation may have influenced Korean mythology. In particular, the author examines the myth of the birth of Aryeong, the female progenitor of Silla, and, above all, the figure of the hen-dragon (gyeryong), whose existence in Korea seems absolutely episodic and limited to the cultural context of Silla only. Taking the cue from the fact that the hendragon is instead very well known in the West, where indeed it has a long history, both on a literary and an artistic level, the author therefore hypothesizes, on the basis of the concordance of various elements, that the basilisk of the Western tradition may have influenced the Korean myth of the hen-dragon, ending up creating a new version to be added to the indigenous ones.","PeriodicalId":41678,"journal":{"name":"Seoul Journal of Korean Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45843258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Observers often attribute the disappearance of Korea in 1910 to the failure of Korean elites to modernize the country. Yet, this explanation overlooks both Korea's foreign policy and the international power shift ongoing during the early twentieth century. Accordingly, this study uses international relations theory to shed new light on the Japanese annexation of Korea. First, it shows that the international strategy of Joseon and the Korean Empire corresponds to buck-passing, a cost-effective strategy for weak states. Second, it argues that the rise of German power during the 1900s forced the great powers to focus their attention on Europe. In doing so, they left Korea with no one to catch its buck and vulnerable to a Japanese takeover. Therefore, this article enriches both Korean historiography and the understanding of the strategies of small states.
{"title":"The Fault in Our Stars? Korea's Strategy for Survival and Germany's Rise, 1876–1910","authors":"D. Motin","doi":"10.1353/seo.2022.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/seo.2022.0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Observers often attribute the disappearance of Korea in 1910 to the failure of Korean elites to modernize the country. Yet, this explanation overlooks both Korea's foreign policy and the international power shift ongoing during the early twentieth century. Accordingly, this study uses international relations theory to shed new light on the Japanese annexation of Korea. First, it shows that the international strategy of Joseon and the Korean Empire corresponds to buck-passing, a cost-effective strategy for weak states. Second, it argues that the rise of German power during the 1900s forced the great powers to focus their attention on Europe. In doing so, they left Korea with no one to catch its buck and vulnerable to a Japanese takeover. Therefore, this article enriches both Korean historiography and the understanding of the strategies of small states.","PeriodicalId":41678,"journal":{"name":"Seoul Journal of Korean Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44392099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:By utilizing transnational proximity as a primary theoretical framework, I analyze the reasons why global audiences beyond Asia prefer contemporary Korean popular culture to other cultural products. I investigate several distinctive cultural programs and Korean screen spheres—BTS and Squid Game (2021) in particular—as well as fan communities. I mainly discuss whether "transnational proximity" based on similar socio-cultural experiences, including social inequality and social injustice, which are rampant in late capitalist society, works as a new theoretical frame in comprehending the global success of Hallyu. Finally, I discuss whether transnational proximity plays a pivotal role in determining the growth of local popular culture in the global cultural sphere.
{"title":"Transnational Proximity and Universality in Korean Culture: Analysis of Squid Game and BTS","authors":"D. Jin","doi":"10.1353/seo.2022.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/seo.2022.0002","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:By utilizing transnational proximity as a primary theoretical framework, I analyze the reasons why global audiences beyond Asia prefer contemporary Korean popular culture to other cultural products. I investigate several distinctive cultural programs and Korean screen spheres—BTS and Squid Game (2021) in particular—as well as fan communities. I mainly discuss whether \"transnational proximity\" based on similar socio-cultural experiences, including social inequality and social injustice, which are rampant in late capitalist society, works as a new theoretical frame in comprehending the global success of Hallyu. Finally, I discuss whether transnational proximity plays a pivotal role in determining the growth of local popular culture in the global cultural sphere.","PeriodicalId":41678,"journal":{"name":"Seoul Journal of Korean Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46489854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:In this study, we examine how tradition and sustainability were preserved in Hahoe Village over the course of modernization, using the analytic narrative method. Combining historical and ethnographic narratives with game theoretic analysis, we try to understand the distinctive character of Hahoe Village, resulting from systems of norms, beliefs, and checks and balances between traditional, semi-traditional, and modern institutions for managing its tangible and intangible cultural and natural resources. In the game theory analysis, we assume that Hahoe Village's current condition resulted from repeated interactions between two groups of individuals: tradition-oriented agents and market-oriented agents. We formulate the payoff structure underlying responses to the social dilemma of managing Hahoe Village's common resources based on the affordability hypothesis and shared mental model hypothesis. We find that the preservation of Hahoe Village's traditions was closely connected to the successful institutionalization of tradition and sustainability through what can be termed the "tradition game." We specify the characteristics of Hahoe Village's sustainable institutions and argue that their sustainability gradually shifted from embedded sustainability to institutional sustainability.
{"title":"Tradition as Strategy: An Analytic Narrative of Hahoe Village's Transition to Modernity","authors":"C. Kim, T. Park, J. Yim","doi":"10.1353/seo.2022.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/seo.2022.0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In this study, we examine how tradition and sustainability were preserved in Hahoe Village over the course of modernization, using the analytic narrative method. Combining historical and ethnographic narratives with game theoretic analysis, we try to understand the distinctive character of Hahoe Village, resulting from systems of norms, beliefs, and checks and balances between traditional, semi-traditional, and modern institutions for managing its tangible and intangible cultural and natural resources. In the game theory analysis, we assume that Hahoe Village's current condition resulted from repeated interactions between two groups of individuals: tradition-oriented agents and market-oriented agents. We formulate the payoff structure underlying responses to the social dilemma of managing Hahoe Village's common resources based on the affordability hypothesis and shared mental model hypothesis. We find that the preservation of Hahoe Village's traditions was closely connected to the successful institutionalization of tradition and sustainability through what can be termed the \"tradition game.\" We specify the characteristics of Hahoe Village's sustainable institutions and argue that their sustainability gradually shifted from embedded sustainability to institutional sustainability.","PeriodicalId":41678,"journal":{"name":"Seoul Journal of Korean Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48365756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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