[KS] Munhak Yesul journals from 1951-53

[Frank Hoffmann]

Dear Su-kyoung:

As you know there was some sort of 'rotation' of the names for what was 
basically the same literature journal. It seems to have been published 
under the name _Munhak yesul_ between spring 1948 and summer 1953, 
before and after as _Chosŏn muhak_ (as still today). The 1954-57 
volumes you mention are a South Korean reprint edition -- is that 
really the North Korean magazine then, or a South Korean one with the 
same name, given that the name had already changed to _Chosŏn muhak_?

Anyway, in years up to the Cultural Revolution (and in some cases also 
again after it was over), the Koreans in China issued parallel editions 
of some North Korean novels as well as arts and literature magazines, 
and this is one of them. (I looked into that very issue 30 years ago.) 
My best guess would be that South Korean references for editions from 
1948 to 1953 might be based on original Yŏnbyŏn editions or reprints of 
these, as those are easily accessible.

See here -- at the 국회도서관:
http://dl.nanet.go.kr/MarcView.do?cn=SERL1000018074

==>
제5호(1949년 5월)-2권 제6호(1949년 6월),제2권 제12호(1949년 12월), 제3
권 제1호(1950년 1월)-제3권 제7호(1950년 7월), 제4권 제1호(1951년 4월)-제
4권 제9호(1951년 12월), 제5권 제1호(1952년 1월)-제5권 제7호(1952년 7월
), 제5권 제9호(1952년 9월)-제5권 제12호(1952년 12월), 제6권 제1호(1953
년 1월)-제6권 제8호(1953년 8월)
===

I may misinterpret the bibliographic record, but I think the issues of 
_Munhak yesul_ are here included under the later _Chosŏn muhak_ title 
and its current ISSN #17279437. So, trying to locate _Chosŏn muhak_ for 
THOSE years, I would google (or look in WorldCat) for "ISSN 17279437" 
and then see if any collection, like the one at the 국회도서관, has any 
numbers listed for these years (which would then be _Munhak yesul_ and 
not _Chosŏn muhak_). Again, I may be wrong here, but this is my 
understanding.

Best,
Frank



On Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:02:58 +0900, S Hwang wrote:
> Dear List members,
> 
> I am trying to access Mukhak Yesul 문학예술 journals (published by 
> Munhak Yesulsa) from 1951 to 1953. The National Assembly library has 
> volumes from 1954-57 in pdf files and Central Library in Socho-dong 
> has volumes before 1951 (RG242 materials). But the years 1951-53 are 
> missing in both libraries. Does anyone know where they are? I have 
> seen them referenced in recent journal articles, so they must exist. 
> 
> I am specifically looking for Han Sorya's (한설야) short story 
> "Hwangch'oryong" (황초령) published in June 1952 in Munhak Yesul. 
> There are also other stories by other writers I hope to see there. 
> 
> Please email me at skhwang3 at gmail.com if you have any information. 
> Thank you. 
> 
> Best regards,
> Su-kyoung

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Frank Hoffmann
http://koreanstudies.com