What is literature? How does it correspond to society and history? How did Korean literature unfold in time? Hyoun Kim’s theoretical research at its best.
A short biography of Hyoun Kim (1942-1990)
Graduated from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Seoul National University, studied at the College of Strasbourg in France, taught French at Seoul National University until he died. He left major works on French literature such as “The History French Criticism”, “A Study on Geneva School” and “Sicilian Cow”.
Since 1962, he became an active literary critic. His criticism starting from “Imagination and Human” and “Society and Ethics” to “A Scene of Words” and “Happy Reading” gave more width and depth to Korean literature.
His works were summed up in 16 volumes in the Complete Works of Hyoun Kim. He won the “Modern Literature Award”(1980) and “Palbong Criticism Award” (1989).
The List of Complete Works Series
Literature and Utopia, 1992