A Study of Hypertexts of «Kuunmong» , Focusing on «Kuullu» / «Kuun'gi» - Nine Clouds in Motion

This case study deals with late Chos n dynasty works of narrative fiction modelled after Kuunmong (A Dream of Nine Clouds) by Kim Manjung (1637-1692). The focus lies on a novel extant in two manuscripts: Sinj ng Kuullu (Revised augmented edition of the Nine Cloud Tower) and Sinj ng chaeja Kuun'gi (Revised augmented caizi edition of the Story of Nine Clouds), short Kuullu/Kuun'gi. While this study specifically discusses late premodern hypertexts of Kuunmong, it is also concerned with a set of broader questions regarding the diffusion, circulation, reception, and creative transformation of literary products of different languages on the eve of modernity in Sino-centric East Asia.

List of contents

On the rise and transformation of Kuunmong - Kuunmong and its hypertexts in late Chos n dynasty Korea - The "mosaic-hypertext" Kuullu/Kuun'gi - Hypotexts of Kuullu/Kuun'gi and the issue of readership awareness - Implications of dialogues with literary predecessors - Markets, mosaics, and Nine Clouds in motion.

About the author

Dennis Wuerthner is a researcher and lecturer at the Korean Studies Institute of Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany). He studies and translates premodern and contemporary Korean literature.

Product details

• Authors: Dennis Wuerthner, Dennis Würthner
• Assisted by: Marion Eggert (Editor)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9783631681213
• ISBN: 978-3-631-68121-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 217 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 460 g
• Illustrations: 5 Abb.
• Series: Research on Korea; Research on Korea
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies