The Real Modern: Literary Modernism and the Crisis of Representation in Colonial Korea

'Examines the critical and literary production of Pak T'aewon, Kim Yujong, and Yi T'aejun, whose works confront the 'crisis of representation' from loss of faith in language as a vehicle of meaningful reference to the world. Bridging literary and colonial studies, this re-reading of modernist fiction within the imperial context illuminates links between literary practice and colonial discourse'--Provided by publisher.