<P>Dear colleagues,</P>
<DIV>The latest issue of Acta Koreana (vol. 8, no. 2 - July 2005) has just been published. The focus of this issue is parody and intertextuality in modern Korean literature, with four articles and two translations on this subject, edited by Ross King and Bruce Fulton of UBC.</DIV>
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<DIV>I would also like to take this opportunity to sollicit your contributions: not just articles in all areas of Korean Studies, but also translations and interviews. Please contact the editors at <A href="mailto:editor@kmu.ac.kr">editor@kmu.ac.kr</A> for more information.</DIV>
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<DIV>Individual issues can be ordered through Seoul Selection (<A href="http://www.seoulselection.com/" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399>www.seoulselection.com</FONT></A>); please contact us at <A href="http://uk.f861.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=acta@kmu.ac.kr" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399>acta@kmu.ac.kr</FONT></A> for subscriptions. The list of contents (abstracts will soon be available at <A href="http://www.actakoreana.org/" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399>www.actakoreana.org</FONT></A>) is as follows:</DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">ROSS KING and BRUCE FULTON. Guest Editor’s Introduction: Parody in Modern Korean Fiction: An Overview. (1-15)</SPAN></DIV></LI>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">ROSS KING. Traditional Korean Fairytales and Contemporary Korean Fiction: A Case Study of the “Woodcutter and the Nymph” (17-48)</SPAN></DIV></LI>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">DAFNA ZUR. Travel across Time: Modern “Rewrites” of Pak Chiwŏn’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Yŏrha ilgi </I>(49-64)</SPAN></DIV></LI>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">BRUCE FULTON. Wings and Wiggles: Four Intertextual Korean Stories (65-75)</SPAN></DIV></LI>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">LEIF OLSEN. Hybrid Narratives: Contemporary Parodies of Hong Kiltong (77-95)</SPAN></DIV></LI>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">CHO DONG-IL. Korean Literary History in the East Asian Context (97-115)</SPAN></DIV></LI>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION</SPAN></P>
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<DIV>Sem Vermeersch</DIV>
<DIV>managing editor, Acta Koreana</DIV>
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