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The Ma Rok biographies scrap

  • Author(s)

    Suh Ki-Won서기원

  • Translator(s)

  • Publisher

    JimoondangJimoondang

  • Country

    SOUTH KOREA

  • Language

    English(English)

  • Year Published

    2001

  • Target User

  • Period

Description 작품 소개

The Ma Rok Biographies is representative of Seo Giwon's later historical fiction. Ma Rok, which stands for the various protagonists with the surname of Ma in this series of five short stories (of which only three are included here), actually means ""the horse and the deer"" in Chinese. This odd combination of the two animals refers to a classical Chinese anecdote in which the powerful can coerce others into seeing a horse as a deer. According to its connotations in Korea, the title also evokes the reality of humanity checkered by the vulgar and the noble, thus drawing the reader to recognize the moral ambiguity that operates in the human psyche during turbulent historical times. In this humorous satire, the author plays with the limits of space and time by dexterously intertwining the imaginary and the real in order to enhance the story's allegorical effect. Reference : Jimoondang. "The Ma Rok biographies", http://www.jimoon.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=book1&wr_id=59. accessed 31 Oct 2023.

Author Bio 작가 소개

Suh Ki-Won

Suh Ki-Won서기원

The Ma Rok Biographies is representative of Seo Giwon's later historical fiction. Ma Rok, which stands for the various protagonists with the surname of Ma in this series of five short stories (of which only three are included here), actually means ""the horse and the deer"" in Chinese. This odd combination of the two animals refers to a classical Chinese anecdote in which the powerful can coerce others into seeing a horse as a deer. According to its connotations in Korea, the title also evokes the reality of humanity checkered by the vulgar and the noble, thus drawing the reader to recognize the moral ambiguity that operates in the human psyche during turbulent historical times. In this humorous satire, the author plays with the limits of space and time by dexterously intertwining the imaginary and the real in order to enhance the story's allegorical effect. Reference : Jimoondang. "The Ma Rok biographies", http://www.jimoon.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=book1&wr_id=59. accessed 31 Oct 2023.

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