Oh Han-ki
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Oh Han-ki, along with Jeong Jidon and Lee Sangwoo, is a member of the group ‘Analrealism ’, which is shocking the Korean literary circle in the 2010s. ‘Analrealism’, is a parody of ‘intestinal realism’ from The Savage Detectives by the Chilean writer Robert Bolaño, who wanted to attack the existing literary circle, and to jeer at the conventional order. Such details and processes are well depicted in an interview with Jeong Jidon. “In the summer of 2012, I created the analrealism group with Oh Han-ki. During the call, when I said that I wanted to start analrealism, Oh Han-ki rolled on the floor with laughter, his phone still in his hand. Analrealism is a parody of intestinal realism from The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño).” However, it’s still too early to tell how the members of ‘analrealism’, in other words the ‘analrealists’, have attacked and criticized established Korean literature. They have succeeded in drawing attention from readers and literary critics due to their strange name, but it is hard to say that their works have become the new mainstream or critical methods for Korean literature. They are still writers who are developing in their careers.
