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The Crucible (novel)
''The Crucible'' (도가니) is a 2009 novel by Gong Ji-Young (공지영) based on an actual case of mass sexual abuse at the Gwangju Inhwa School school for the deaf in South Korea. The title was taken from Arthur Miller's play of the same name. Plot Kang In-ho is a teacher from Seoul that teach deaf children how to do art. He settles in Mujin (a fictional city) where he finds employment as a teacher at a school for the hearing impaired. On the first day of his new job, a young boy is struck and killed by a train, the latest of a series of accidents, he soon discovers. He hears of a young girl who had recently committed suicide by jumping off a cliff. Kang soon suspects things are not as they seem and discovers that the students, (both boys and girls) are being abused by the principal (a powerful and highly respected member of the community), an administrative head and a dormitory superintendent. Kang's efforts to bring the crimes to the attention of the public are met with re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gong Ji-Young
Gong Jiyeong (; born January 31, 1963) is a South Korean novelist. Life Gong Jiyeong was interested in literature from an early age, and while still a teenager, self-published her own stories and poems.Korean Writers and Novelists. Minumsa Publishing, 2005. p 54 It was during her college years in the 1980s that she came into contact with the student movement and it was from this experience that Gong drew her sense of purpose. In 1985 she received her B.A. in Literature from Yonsei University. Her first novel ''Rising Dawn'' was a direct result of her involvement in the student and labor movements of that era. Her earlier works chronicle the 1980s and the students who like the author herself came of age during that decade of violent protest and political upheaval in South Korea."About the Author" '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwangju Inhwa School
Gwangju Inhwa School () was a school for hearing-impaired students founded in 1961 and located in Gwangju, South Korea. The school made national headlines after its decades-long record of sexually abusing students was uncovered in 2005. Following a series of investigations and amid public outcry, the school was closed in November 2011. The school was also accused of child murder. History The school was initially founded as the Jeonnam Deaf-Mute Welfare Center before becoming a junior high school. The senior high school section was opened in 1993. Sex abuse case According to a 2005 investigation, six teachers, including the principal, sexually molested or raped at least nine of their deaf-mute students between 2000 and 2003. A newly appointed teacher alerted human rights groups in 2005, for which he was subsequently fired from his job. Nine victims came forward, but more victims were believed to have concealed additional crimes in fear of repercussions or because of trauma. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), ''Death of a Salesman'' (1949), ''The Crucible'' (1953), and '' A View from the Bridge'' (1955). He wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on '' The Misfits'' (1961). The drama ''Death of a Salesman'' is considered one of the best American plays of the 20th century. Miller was often in the public eye, particularly during the late 1940s, '50s and early '60s. During this time, he received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, and married Marilyn Monroe. In 1980, he received the St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Library Associates. He received the Praemium Imperiale prize in 2001, the Prince of Asturias Award in 2002, and the Jerusalem Prize in 2003, and the Dorothy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crucible
''The Crucible'' is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists. Miller was questioned by the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities in 1956 and convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to identify others present at meetings he had attended. The play was first performed at the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway on January 22, 1953, starring E. G. Marshall, Beatrice Straight and Madeleine Sherwood. Miller felt that this production was too stylized and cold, and the reviews for it were largely hostile (although ''The New York Times'' noted "a powerful play n adriving performance"). The production won the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play. A year later a new production suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crucible (2011 Film)
''Silenced'' (; English: "The Crucible") is a 2011 South Korean crime drama film based on the novel ''The Crucible'' by Gong Ji-young, directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk and starring Gong Yoo and Jung Yu-mi. It is based on events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the Deaf, where young Deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s. Depicting both the crimes and the court proceedings that let the teachers off with minimal punishment, the film sparked public outrage upon its September 2011 release, which eventually resulted in a reopening of the investigations into the incidents. With over 4 million people in Korea having watched the film, the demand for legislative reform eventually reached its way to the National Assembly of South Korea, where a revised bill, dubbed the ''Dogani Bill'', was passed in late October 2011 to abolish the statute of limitations for sex crimes against minors and disabled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gong Yoo
Gong Ji-cheol (; born July 10, 1979), better known by his stage name Gong Yoo (), is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the television dramas '' Coffee Prince'' (2007), '' Guardian: The Lonely and Great God'' (2016–2017), ''The Silent Sea'' (2021), and ''Squid Game'' (2021), and the films '' Silenced'' (2011), ''Train to Busan'' (2016) and ''The Age of Shadows'' (2016). His stage name is a combination of his father's family name "Gong" and of his mother's family name "Yoo". Early life and education Gong was born Gong Ji-cheol on July 10, 1979 in Busan, South Korea. Gong's father attended Busan Sango, a baseball academy, and was a manager of the Lotte Giants from 1983 to 1985. Gong attended Dongin High School, and pursued undergraduate studies at Kyung Hee University's Department of Theater and Film. In 2017, it was revealed that Gong Yoo is a descendant of Chinese philosopher Confucius, and is part of the 79th generation among Confucius's descendants ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jung Yu-mi (actress Born 1983)
Jung Yu-mi (, born January 18, 1983) is a South Korean actress. Jung made her feature film debut in ''Blossom Again'' (2005), for which she received acting recognition. She has since starred in the critically acclaimed films ''Family Ties'' (2006), '' Chaw'' (2009), ''My Dear Desperado'' (2010), and the box office hits ''The Crucible'' (2011), ''Train to Busan'' (2016) and '' Kim Ji-young: Born 1982'' (2019). She also frequently appears in films by auteur Hong Sang-soo, notably ''Oki's Movie'' (2010) and ''Our Sunhi'' (2013). Jung has drawn praise for her unique screen presence and versatility. For her works in film, Jung won the Best New Actress award at the Baeksang Arts Awards, Best Supporting Actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards and Best Actress at the recent 56th Grand Bell Awards. Career Jung Yu-mi made her acting debut in short films, notably ''How to Operate a Polaroid Camera''. Shortly after, the then-aspiring actress impressed critics in the feature film ''Blossom Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korean Literature
:''See also Culture of South Korea, Korean literature until 1945, and North Korean literature'' South Korean literature is literature written or produced in South Korea following the division of Korea into North and South in 1945. South Korean literature is primarily written in Korean, though English loanwords are prevalent. Literature by genre Mainstream fiction Also referred as 'pure literature' in South Korea. Most authors translated by the Korea Literature Translation Institute for translation falls into this category. The terminology is often criticized, and is a constant theme of discussion in the literature of South Korea. * Ahn Soo-kil (1911-1977)(안수길) *Eun Hee-kyung (1959~)(은희경) * Seong Seok-jae (1961~)(성석제) * Park Mingyu (1968~)(박민규) *Choi Il-nam (1932~)(최일남) * Kim Jae-young (1966~)(김재영) * Bang Young-ung (1942~)(방영웅) *Bok Geo-il (1946~)(복거일) *Cho Se-hui (1942~)(조세희) *Park Beom-shin (1946~)(박범신) *Kim So-jin (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Novels
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21st-century South Korean Novels
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Novels Set In Korea
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the historica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
