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Manga Artist Tackles Women’s Issues in Comics
I saw a recent article about a manga artist named Queenie Chan who has decided to create manga about female leaders in history, such as Empress Wu of China and Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt. I thought it made a few interesting points and wanted to dig a little deeper into the subject since her project […]
Popular Manga Assassin Turns 50!
If you like stone-cold assassins who can hit a mark with one shot from a customed designed gun, you will be excited to know that “Golgo-13” turns 50 with some fanfare. Debuting in late 1968 in Japan’s Big Comic magazine, the series won awards in 1975 and 2002, and it’s considered the oldest manga in […]
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소현 자정이 지나면 웹소설- 그레이 벤델린 지음 – Sohyeon After Midnight Beginning Korean Reader Version – Segment 13
“지난 밤에 나는 숙제를 끝냈어요, 그리고 3 링바인더에 손은 용케 잡았어요. 사고가 있었어요.” 소현은 중얼거렸다. “정말어요?” 눈썹을 치켜올리면서 어머니는 말했다. 첫 오믈렛은 튀겼다. 첫 오믈렛을 내놓은 후에 그리고 어머니는 다음 오믈렛을 만들었다. 그녀는 질문해 계속되지 않았다. 오믈렛을 받는 사람을 거들떠보면서 소현은 미래와 숙진의 얼굴에 이상한 표현을 봤다. 아버지는 오직 신문의페이지를 넘겼다. 오믈렛을 받는 숙진은 소현에 […]
소현 자정이 지나면 웹소설- 그레이 벤델린 지음 – Sohyeon After Midnight Beginning Korean Reader Version – Segment 12
다음 아침에 소현은 일어났을 때 그는 모든 것 나쁜 꿈을 꿨어 생각했다. 잠자리에서 일어나면서 그는 단추를 누르고 자명종을 껐다. 손바닥에 두 개 둥근 찔린상처를 그는 눈에 띄었다. 이것 깨문자국은 있었다. 침대를 되돌아보면 그는 시트에 베개 가까운 암적색 핏자국을 봤다. 그게 그냥 꿈이 아니었다. 청바지하고 좋아하는 그런지 록 밴드 티셔츠하고 깨끗한 속옷을 잡으면서 소현은 욕실에 샤워를 […]
Tag Archives: Confucianism
A Scandal Arises When a Wayward Slave Seduces a Young Widow – Martyr’s Country, Part 1
For this year’s first foreign language selection, I have decided on Dowon Park’s Martyr’s Country (박도원의”순교자의 나라”), which is a four volume historical epic from 2007, probably about a thousand pages total. We’ll see how far I can get through … Continue reading
Introducing the New Online Korean Studies Certification Program
As we begin a new year, I have a new project that I’m launching that I hope you’ll find as exciting as I do. I was thinking about my knowledge base and how I can expand my reach with that … Continue reading
A Kisaeng from P’yŏngyang Disrupts a School – Mujŏng (The Heartless), Part 1
For my final series of 2016, I want to cover another East Asian classic, this time Korea’s Mujŏng (The Heartless), a novella written by Kwang-su Yi. Mujŏng was serialized in 1917, and it runs about 270 pages. You can purchase … Continue reading
Taking Up Residence in the Tiger’s Lair – Zhao the Orphan, Part 2
This time in the Literati Corner, I’ll finish my review of Ji Junxiang’s Zhao the Orphan (纪君祥(元)的中国古代悲劇故事-赵氐孤儿) and cover the last four chapters. Cheng Ying tries to decide how he should proceed with his plot to save Zhao the Orphan … Continue reading
The Depraved Duke and the Virtuous Minister – Zhao the Orphan, Part 1
This time in the Literati Corner, I will be doing a short series on the well-known classical Chinese tragedy by Ji Junxiang, Zhao the Orphan (纪君祥(元)的中国古代悲劇故事-赵氐孤儿). I will be looking at this bilingual Chinese-English adaptation by Jianping Wang and Yutang … Continue reading
Book Burning and Exam Hell – The Scholars, Part 2
Starting in chapter two, The Scholars is set in the Ming Dynasty, specifically in the reign of Emperor Chenghua (1447-1487). This is over 100 years later than Mian Wang in chapter one. Even though Jingzi Wu was using the Ming … Continue reading
Book Burning and the Ideal Scholar – The Scholars, Part 1
Our next reading selection is the Rulin Waishi (儒林外史), or The Scholars, by Jingzi Wu (1701-1754). Written in 1750 during Qing Dynasty rule, the author sets it in the Ming Dynasty in order to critique his own social milieu without … Continue reading
Hangjung Mallok – Part 5: The Memoir of 1805
The fourth and final memoir of Lady Hyegyǒng was written in 1805 and details the tragic decline and death of her husband, Prince Sado. She wrote it for her grandson Sunjo mainly because she was the last witness to the … Continue reading
Hangjung Mallok – Part 4: The Memoir of 1802
The third memoir of Lady Hyegyǒng was written in 1802 and was addressed to her grandson King Sunjo in the hopes that Sunjo would fulfill her late son Jǒngjo’s wish that she and Sado be honored as his true parents. … Continue reading
Hangjung Mallok – Part 3: The Memoir of 1801
The second memoir of Lady Hyegyǒng was written primarily to protest the execution of her uncle Inhan Hong, who was accused of opposing Jǒngjo’s regency in 1776, and the execution of her brother Nagim Hong, who was accused of being … Continue reading
