From Subservience to Autonomy: Kim Wŏnju's "Awakening"
Kim Wŏnju ( 1896-1971 ), better known by her pen name, Iryŏp (One Leaf), was one of the most outspoken and controversial feminist writers of modern Korea. This study presents a brief biography of Kim up to the time she became a Buddhist nun in the early 1930s, situating her life in the ideological, literary, cultural, and even political settings of her time. It then critically analyzes the structure, narrative strategies, and ideological implications of Kim's short story "Chagak" (Awakening, 1926), attempting to ascertain the story's place in the context of the time and in the author's development as a feminist writer.
A History of Korean Literature: Silla writings in Chinese
Owing to geographic proximity, Chinese graphs and classics were introduced into the ancient Korean kingdoms as early as the second century bc . The fact of cultural intercourse between China and the Korean states is documented by Chinese and Korean sources alike. With the establishment of Chinese commanderies in the peninsula, the flow of Chinese culture increased and the Koguryŏ kingdom in the northwest commenced active contact with Chinese immigrants. Koguryŏ used the Chinese script from early times. Under King Sosurim (371–384), a Chinese-style national academy was established and the learned class studied the Five Classics, histories, and the Wenxuan ( Selections of Refined Literature ). There were also private schools ( kyŏngdang ) that taught Chinese and archery. The representative example of Koguryŏ writing is the inscription to the monument erected in honor of King Kwanggaet'o, an inscription in Korean-style calligraphy. The Paekche kingdom had erudites ( paksa ) of the Five Classics, medicine, and the calendar, and it was they who transmitted Chinese writing to Japan. An example of Paekche writing is the state paper sent by King Kaero (455–475) in 472 to the Northern Wei, preserved in the Weishu (7A:137), and the monument of Sat'aek Chijŏk. Monuments erected at the sites of King Chinhŭng's tours of inspection show the mastery of written Chinese in Silla. The four monuments built when King Chinhŭng inspected the newly acquired territory include those at Mount Pukhan (555), at Ch'angnyŏng (561), and at Hwangch'o Pass and Maun Pass (both erected in 568).
EL TRATAMIENTO NEOPRAGMATISTA DE LA VERDAD EN RICHARD RORTY NEOPRAGMATIST TREATMENT OF TRUTH IN RICHARD RORTY
Richard Rorty, one of the most influential authors of our time, presents a critique of the philosophical concept of truth as correspondence. The conclusion of Rorty's neopragmatism is that the idea of truth as correspondence between language and facts is ineffective because it no longer works. The neopragmatist conception of truth indicates the only possible uses for the term «truthful,» revolving around the idea of jus - tification. In this article, the neopragmatist notion of truth is presented in order to