North Korean Literature and 'Theoretical Problems of Literary Studies
Tatiana Gabrousseko's Soldiers on the Cultural Front
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2308143 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alzo David-West (Aichi Prefectural University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 236-249 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0021909611419946 |
| OpenAlex | W2143522755 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
Tatiana Gabroussenko's Soldiers on the Cultural Front is the second book in English after 16 years to deal with North Korean literature. Written as a literary history with a strong focus on biography and policy, the study explains that Soviet Stalinist socialist realism was successfully implanted in North Korea from 1945 to 1960. Soldiers on the Cultural Front, however, neglects the 'theoretical problems of literary studies.' The consequence is that subjective value-judgments, extra-literary specialization determinism, and naive induction intrude upon the subject matter, reconfirming that North Korean literary studies in English is still not a well-developed or theoretically self-aware field
Art · Art history · Biography · Field (mathematics · Front (military · Geography · History of literature · Literary criticism · Literature · Realism · Sociology · Subject (documents · Value (mathematics · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · History
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |