Colonial Ambivalence and “A Message from the Rose of Sharon”: a study of Kim So-un and His Literary Works
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Poet and essayist Kim So-un (1907-1981) is one of the prominent essayists and poets in 20th century Korea but better known for his Japanese translations of Korean folksongs, folktales, as well as Korean poems during the Japanese Occupation period (1910-1945). Kim later went on to write some of the most well- known Korean essays in the 1970s and 1980s. His literary accomplishments and contributions, however, are often overshadowed by his literary activities in Japan and particularly his essays published in Maeil Newspaper supporting Japan’s war causes and urging Koreans to join the effort. Unlike his literary reputation in Korea, however, Kim is known as one of the most representative Korean poets in Japan as he introduced Korean literature to Japanese readers by translating them into Japanese language in the first half of the twentieth century. Often controversial and heavily politicized, Kim So-un’s literary journey best reflects many of his counterparts who sought to pave their own path as Korea strove for independence and liberation from Japanese colonization and in the process, Kim and many others were forced to choose between either for or against Japanese collaborators when they had spent a great part of their youth and adult life in Japan to gain education. As a result, Kim and his peers were torn between their “Korean” and “Japanese” selves. This paper thus seeks to shed a light on the colonial ambivalence in Kim So-un’s essays and poems that try to investigate concepts of language, literature, and tradition as a paradoxical and political rhetoric to affirm Korea’s authenticity and national identity in light of Japan and Korea’s contrasting receptions of Kim So-un’s literary accomplishments.
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Poet and essayist Kim So-un (1907-1981) is one of the prominent essayists and poets in 20th century Korea but better known for his Japanese translations of Korean folksongs, folktales, as well as Korean poems during the Japanese Occupation period (1910-1945). Kim later went on to write some of the most well- known Korean essays in the 1970s and 1980s. His literary accomplishments and contributions, however, are often overshadowed by his literary activities in Japan and particularly his essays published in Maeil Newspaper supporting Japan’s war causes and urging Koreans to join the effort. Unlike his literary reputation in Korea, however, Kim is known as one of the most representative Korean poets in Japan as he introduced Korean literature to Japanese readers by translating them into Japanese language in the first half of the twentieth century. Often controversial and heavily politicized, Kim So-un’s literary journey best reflects many of his counterparts who sought to pave their own path as Korea strove for independence and liberation from Japanese colonization and in the process, Kim and many others were forced to choose between either for or against Japanese collaborators when they had spent a great part of their youth and adult life in Japan to gain education. As a result, Kim and his peers were torn between their “Korean” and “Japanese” selves. This paper thus seeks to shed a light on the colonial ambivalence in Kim So-un’s essays and poems that try to investigate concepts of language, literature, and tradition as a paradoxical and political rhetoric to affirm Korea’s authenticity and national identity in light of Japan and Korea’s contrasting receptions of Kim So-un’s literary accomplishments.
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