North Korea

Translation and Transformation in a Global Context

Daniel Pieper(편저) , Theresa Hyun(편저) , Thomas R. Klassen(편저) 지음

한국외국어대학교 지식출판콘텐츠원 2025년 03월 25일 출간

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Explore the unique landscape of North Korean literature and its global interactions through the lens of translation. This scholarly book delves into the adaptation of Western classics like Hamlet into North Korea's Juche ideology, examines the translation practices during significant historical periods, and analyzes the role of translated literature in shaping children's education in the Hermit Kingdom. A must-read for scholars of translation studies, Korean literature, and cultural exchange.

목차

Chapter 1
Approaching North Korea through Translation
Daniel Pieper, Thomas R. Klassen, and Theresa Hyun 17

Chapter 2
North Korea and the World: Cultural Exchange in the Hermit State
Lizzie Buehler 31

Chapter 3
From Danish Prince to Communist Revolutionary: The Juche Translation of Hamlet in North Korea
Hyongrae Kim 59

Chapter 4
Translation of North Korean Literature during the Korean War: Translated Texts in Munhak Yesul
Kim Min Sun 85

Chapter 5
The Current Status of Children’s Literary Education through Western Translation Literature in North Korean Textbooks
Lim Ok Kyu 107

Chapter 6
The Study of the Translation of Foreign Literature in North Korea during the 1950s, with a Focus on Mongolian Literature
Ko Ja-yeon 129

Chapter 7
Navigating a Fluid Text: Ideological Variation in Multiple Translations of Bandi’s Kobal
Sung Seung-eun, Park Soyoung, Hong Jai-Ung, Kim Yoo-jung, and Kim Hyejin 157

Chapter 8
Localizing Korean Children’s Animation into English: An Analysis of Dubbing in North and South Korean Children’s Animation
Eojin Hwang 183

인물정보

저자(글) Daniel Pieper(편저)

Daniel Pieper is the Korea Foundation Lecturer in Korean Studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. His forthcoming monograph from University of Toronto Press is titled Cosmopolitan Memories, Vernacular Visions: The Roots of Modern Korean and explores the birth of vernacular Korean language class in emergent modern schools. His future research examines language policy and planning in the post-liberation era and the establishment of pluricentric Korean.

저자(글) Theresa Hyun(편저)

Theresa Hyun is a professor in the Department of
Humanities at York University in Toronto, Canada. Her scholarly writing focuses on Translation, Feminism, North and South Korean Children’s Literature and Korean poetry in the Colonial Period. She has published two volumes of Korean poetry with Siwa Sihak (Poetry and Poetics) Seoul, Korea. Her third volume of Korean poetry will be published by Siwa Sihak in the fall of 2024. She is a member of Siwa Sihak Literary Association and was recommended by poet Ko Un.

저자(글) Thomas R. Klassen(편저)

Thomas R. Klassen is a professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration at York University in Toronto, Canada. He has written extensively on topics related to the Korean peninsula.