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Ecole de Seoul: How artists, writers survived dark ages through friendship
"We typically think that literary works reflect the period at the time of writing. However, as I researched poems and novels under Japanese colonial rule for this exhibition, I wondered how such splendid works were created during the dark times. Maybe art and culture look to the future, not just...
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A Language Is a Window: An Interview with Krys Lee
pretty dramatic and difficult early life that I’m not going to get into here, but part of it required me to move homes every few years. Later in college an academic scholarship allowed me to transport myself to England, and then I began life again in Korea. My “self” was dramatically different at...
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Marilyn Monroe and Lady Gaga’s Korea, and Korean Literature
in Seoul. Perhaps someone had given her the wrong information. Koreans consider it impolite to eat with one’s hands. Nevertheless, Gaga was not criticized for it. It was merely seen as amusing. Perhaps that is because she is not only famous for her eccentric behavior but was also a guest from a...
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Linguistic Slapstick, Brutal Joy, and Profane Parrots: 18 Translators on Translating Humor
was a swear word he had invented because Angus and his father did not allow swearing in the house. He had also invented ‘Whumpy dumpman’ and he used that for all other things.” Mui Poopoksakul on Prabda Yoon’s Humorous NicknamesPrabda Yoon’s The Sad Part Was and Moving Parts both have a lot of...
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Starting at the Surface: An Interview with Lee Hyemi
seen by foreigners? A tragically divided country that has yet to escape the agony of war?SJL: But I think it’s changed. If you look at K-pop, it’s not like BTS is performing on SNL wearing hanbok. LHM: There’s that vibe that K-pop gives off, though. Cheerful and stylish and glittering? A people o...
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