[Literary Criticism]
The Quarterly Changbi 207, Spring 2025
Abstract
Examining Yom Mu-woong’s Korean Literature Standing Before History with care and in-depth analysis, Yoo Hui-sok shows us how the book embodies Yom’s “love and dedication for a literature worthy of being called ours.” He highlights the enlightening power of Yom’s criticism, embodied in his deep self-reflection, meticulous reading, and perceptive criticism. Yoo meticulously reveals the strength of Yom Mu-woong’s writings, which are a concentrated blend of rigor, flexibility, and warmth.
Kim Mi Jung explores the potential of the commons in fiction. She convincingly argues, through the diary of the main character in Lee Ju-Hye's novel The Seasons Are Short, But Memories Are Everlasting, that the first-person narrative of a protagonist as entangled events and existences that cannot be differentiated by concepts of ownership or rights is an open narrative expressing the multifaceted nature of others.