Ch'ae Man-Sik

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Ch'ae Man-Sik


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Ch'ae Man-Sik’s literary debut came in 1924 with the publication in Joseon Literary World (Joseon mundan) of the short story “Toward the Three Paths” (Segillo). His early stories and plays were written from a class-sensitive perspective, and with the publication in 1932 of “Ready-made Life” (Ledi maeideu insaeng), he began to focus his attention on the plight of intellectuals in an era of colonial oppression, a subject matter he continued to pursue in such works as “An Intellectual and Mung-bean Cake” (Interi wa bindaetteok) and “My Idiot Uncle” (Chisuk, 1938). Arrested by the colonial government in 1938 for his affiliations with Society for Reading (Dokseohoe), Chae was released on the condition that he participates in the pro-Japanese lit ...more

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My Innocent Uncle

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Peace Under Heaven: A Moder...

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Turbid River

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Transgressor of the Nation

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Juvesenility (Modern Korean...

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Three Paths

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Ready-made Life

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The Cuckoo

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레디 메이드 인생외 (한국대표단편선 3)

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