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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can try Joshua Margo at jmmargo@ aol.com. He is
or was working on the uisan mundap, and has a lot of interesting things to say
about it. I find this a very intriguing piece of work, with
various layers of satirical and other meaning between the
lines, and would love to know if you hear back from him or if you discover
other people who are doing work on Hong's literary thought. Best of
luck.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark Setton</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Program in Korean Studies</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Department of Comparative Studies</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>State University of New York at Stony
Brook</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=asl@u.washington.edu href="mailto:asl@u.washington.edu">Ann Lee</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws
href="mailto:koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws">koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:56
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [KS] literary thought of Hong
Tae-yong</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">My
students and I have been reading a book by Ko Mi-suk, entitled “18 segi esŏ 20
segi ch’o Han’guk sigasa ŭi kudo,” particularly the chapter about Korean
literary thought.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The chapter
includes discussion of Kim Man-jung’s thought about vernacular Korean –
something David McCann referred to astutely in another discussion on this list
– and, moreover, cites the literary thought of Hong Tae-yong.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hong praised vernacular Korean songs
as emerging from the genuine emotions of commoners, and thought
such songs were better than the shih of elite Korean poets.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Has anyone researched the literary
thought of Hong Tae-yong?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Professor Ledyard, could you comment on Hong’s preface to the Taedong
p’ungyo?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ann Sung-hi Lee, Assistant Professor<BR>Asian
Languages and Literature Department<BR>Box 353521, University of
Washington<BR>Seattle, WA 98195-3521 <A
href="http://faculty.washington.edu/asl">http://faculty.washington.edu/asl</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>