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.

Han Soo-yeong. Debuted in 2002 when her short story Butterfly won the Joongang Literature Award for New Writers. Awarded the Today’s Writer Award in 2004 with her full-length novel 1/4 of the Void. Her notable collection of novels includes Her Apple Pear Tree, while her full-length novels include Pluto’s Roof, Jo’s Second Map, and Napping, along with the young adult novel Aurora 2-241.

Choi Myeongik (1902 – 1972) is a South Korean novelist. In the 1930s, he received attention for his psychological novels which delicately portray everyday life in modern cities and the intellectuals’ feelings of helplessness under the Japanese colonial rule. After Korea’s independence, he remained in North Korea to continue to write novels, and after the 1950s, released several full-length historical novels.

Shin Sang-Ung (1938 ~) is a Korean novelist. He is one of the most representative writers of so-called the “April Revolution Generation” and has been perceived as a pioneer in literary fields dealing with the tragic division of the country. He made himself known with his novella Hipokeurateseu hyungsang (히포크라테스 흉상 A Bust of Hippocrates) (1968), and his novel Simyaui jeongdam (심야의 정담 Three Voices at Midnight) (1972) is his most widely-read book.