Appropriations of Irish Drama in Modern Korean Nationalist Theatre

By tracing the process of the importation and appropriation of Irish drama in colonial Korea, this book investigates the translation field as a hybrid space for the competing claims between the colonisers and the colonised.

List of contents

List of Tables
Introduction

1. The Modern Korean Theatre Movement and Western Drama


2. Irish Drama in Modern Korean Theatre under Colonialism


3. The Strange Case of Sean O'Casey


4. Appropriation of Irish Plays and the Early Korean Realistic Plays

Conclusion
Index

About the author

Hunam Yun is a translator and scholar of translation studies. She holds an M.A. and a PhD in translation studies from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Her research topics include literary translation, globalisation and translation, translation of the city, and translation theory.

Summary

By tracing the process of the importation and appropriation of Irish drama in colonial Korea, this book investigates the translation field as a hybrid space for the competing claims between the colonisers and the colonised.

Product details

• Authors: Hunam Yun
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9780367757762
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75776-2
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Korea, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, European History, DRAMA / General, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Ireland, Theatre Studies, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literature: history & criticism, Social and cultural anthropology, Asian History, Literature: history and criticism, Plays, Playscripts