Science Fiction in Korea: Between History, Genre, and Politics

References

Colonial Modernity and Science Fiction

Chŏng, Yŏn’gyu. Isangch’on [Utopia]. Hansŏng: Hansŏng tosŏ chusik hoesa, 1921.  
Hŏ, Munil. “Ch’ŏn’gong ŭi yong sonyŏn” [A brave boy from Mars] In Hŏ Munil et al., Ch’ŏn’gong ŭi yong sonyŏn: Han’guk kŭndae SF tanp’yŏnsŏn [A brave boy from Mars: Modern Korean sf short stories], 7–31. Seoul: Azark, 2018.
Kang, Kyŏngae. “Kŭ yŏja” [The woman]. In Kang Kyŏngae chŏnjip [Collected works of Kang Kyŏngae], edited by Lee Sang-kyung, 431–440. Seoul: Somyŏng ch’ulp’an, 2002.
Kim, Miyŏn. “1920-yŏndae kwahak sosŏl pŏnyŏk suyongsa yŏn’gu” [A study of the translation and reception of science fiction in the 1920s]. Ph.D. dissertation, Korea University, 2021.
Kim, Tongin. “K paksa ŭi yŏn’gu” [Dr. K’s research]. In Ch’ŏn’gong ŭi yong sonyŏn: Han’guk kŭndae SF tanp’yŏnsŏn [A brave boy from Mars: Modern Korean sf short stories], 33–65. Seoul: Azark, 2018.
Kim, Naesŏng, Main [Evil]. Seoul: Chisik ŭl mandŭnŭn chisik, 2017.
Mo, Hŭijun. “Chŏng Yŏn’gyu ŭi kwahak sosŏl Isangch’on yŏn’gu” [A study of Chŏng Yŏn’gyu’s sf novel Utopia]. Ŏmun nonjip 77 (2019): 255–276.
Yi, Haejo. Ch’ŏl segye [Steel world]. Kyŏngsŏng: Hoedong sŏgwan, 1908.

Surrealistic Science Fiction in South Korean Film and Fiction

Bozzetto, Roger, and Evans, Arthur B. “The Surrealistic Science Fiction of Serge Brussolo.” Science Fiction Studies, vol. 24 (1997): 430–440.
Breton, André. Manifestoes of Surrealism. Translated by Richard Seaver and Helen R. Lane. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1969.
Choi, In-hun. Ch’ongdok ŭi sori [The Governor-General’s voice]. Seoul: Munhak kwa chisŏngsa, 2009.
–––. “Empire Radio, Live Transmission.” Translated by Jenny Wang Medina. In Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction, edited by Sunyoung Park and Sang Joon Park, 67–93. Los Angeles: Kaya Press, 2019.
–––. Kwangjang/Kuunmong [The square/The nine cloud dream]. Seoul: Munhak kwa chisŏngsa, 2014.
–––. T’aep’ung [Typhoon]. Seoul: Munhak kwa chisŏngsa, 1979.
Cho, Se-hŭi. The Dwarf. Translated by Bruce Fulton. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2006.
–––. Nanjangi ka ssoa ollin chagŭn kong [A little ball launched by the dwarf]. Seoul: Munhak kwa chisŏngsa, 1993.
Kim, Young-ha. K’wijŭ syo [Quiz show]. P’aju: Munhak tongne, 2007.
Kwŏn, Oh-kwang, dir. Toryŏnbyŏni [Collective Invention]. CJ Entertainment, 2015.
Park, Min-gyu. “Castella.” Translated by Sora Kim-Russell. The American Reader, 2013. https://theamericanreader.com/castella/
–––. “Is That So? I’m a Giraffe.” Translated by Sora Kim-Russell. In New Writing from Korea 2: 62–81. Seoul: Korean Literature Translation Institute, 2009.
–––. K’asŭt’era [Castella]. P’aju: Munhak tongne, 2005.
–––. “Rodŭk’il” [Roadkill]. Translated by Ester Song and Gord Sellar. In Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction, edited by Sunyoung Park and Sang Joon Park, 295–324. Los Angeles: Kaya Press, 2019.
Park, Sunyoung. “Dissident Dreams: Science Fictional Imaginations in 1970s South Korean Literature and Film.” In Cultures of Yusin: South Korea in the 1970s, edited by Youngju Ryu, 165–192. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2018.
Shin, Haerin. “Beyond Representation and Simulation: Surviving the Age of Mediation and Its Failure in Kim Young-ha’s Quiz Show.” Journal of Korean Studies, vol. 20 (2015): 261–289.
Song, Kyŏng’a. Ch’aek [The book]. Seoul: Minŭmsa, 1996.
–––. Ellibeit’ŏ [Elevator]. Seoul: Munhak tongne, 1998.

Science Fiction and Feminism in South Korea

Amil. “Rodŭk’il” [Roadkill]. In Rodŭk’il [Roadkill], 7–56. Seoul: Pich’e, 2021.
Chŏn, Hyejin. Sunjŏng manhwa esŏ SF ŭi kyebo rŭl ch’atta [In search of the genealogy of SF in girls’ comics]. Seoul: Kup’ik, 2020.
Chŏng, Soyŏn. “Ujuryu” [Cosmic go]. Translated by Kimberly Chung. In Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction, edited by Sunyoung Park and Sang Joon Park, 95–110. Los Angeles: Kaya Press, 2019.
–––. “Ujuryu” [Cosmic go]. In Djuna et al., Yu, Robot: Han’guk SF tanp’yŏn 10-sŏn [U, Robot: Anthology of 10 Korean SF short stories], 189–203. Seoul: Hwanggŭm kaji, 2009.
Djuna. “Nŏne appa ŏdissni?” [Where is your father?]. In Yong ŭi i [Dragon’s teeth], 6–63. Seoul: Booksfear, 2007.
Kang, Kyung-ok. Pyŏlpit sok e [In the starlight]. P’aju: Ani Books, 2005.
Kim, Choyeop. “Kwannae punsil” [Lost on premises]. In Uri ka pit ŭi sokto ro kal su ŏptamyŏn [If we cannot move at the speed of light], 219–272. Seoul: Hŏbŭl, 2019.
–––. “Na ŭi uju yŏngung e kwanhayŏ” [My space heroine]. In Uri ka pit ŭi sokto ro kal su ŏptamyŏn [If we cannot move at the speed of light], 273–320. Seoul: Hŏbŭl, 2019.
Kim, Hayul. “Madŏ meik’ing” [The making of mother]. In Uri ka mŏnjŏ ka polkkeyo [We go first], edited by Hayul Kim and et al., 93–132. Seoul: Edit’oriŏl, 2019.
Ko, Chang-wŏn. Han’guk esŏ kwahak sosŏl ŭn ŏttŏk’e sara namannŭn’ga? Han’guk kwahak sosŏl 100-yŏnsa [How has science fiction survived in South Korea?: The centennial history of Korean science fiction]. Puch’ŏn: Bookk, 2017.
Min, Songah. Nano risŭt’ŭ [Nano list]. Naver: Webtoon, 2016.
https://www.webtoons.com/en/sf/nano-list/list?title_no=700&page=1
Pak, Munyŏng. Chisang ŭi yŏjadŭl [Women on Earth]. Seoul: Gravity Books, 2018.
Shin, Il-sook. 1999-yŏnsaeng [Born in 1999]. Seoul: Haksan munhwasa, 2010.
Yi, Sŏyŏng. “Hisŭt’eria sŏnŏn” [The declaration of hysteria]. In Agŏ ŭi mat [The taste of alligator], 103–132. Seoul: Onuju, 2013.
Yi, Yŏngsu. “Mimesisŭ” [Mimesis]. In Nabi chŏnjaeng [Butterfly war], 7–23. Seoul: Onŭl Yegam, 1997.
Yun, Yihyŏng. “Taeni” [Danny]. In Lŏbŭ rep’ŭlrik’a [Love replica], 7–48. P’aju: Munhak tongne. 2016.

Queer Science Fiction in South Korea

Bong, Joon-ho, dir. Okja [Okja]. Plan B Entertainment, 2017.
Djuna. “Cello” [Ch’ello]. In T’aep’yŏngyang hoengdan t’ŭkkŭp [Transpacific express], 74–104. Seoul: Munhak kwa chisŏngsa, 2002.
–––. “Pentagon” [P’ent’agon]. In Myŏnse kuyŏk [Duty free zone], 139–168. Seoul: Bookstory, 2013.
Jeon, Sam-hye. “Genesis.” Translated by Anton Hur. Words without Borders, June 2016. https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/june-2016-the-queer-issue-vii-genesis-jeon-sam-hye-anton-hur
Jo, Sung-hee, dir. Sŭngniho [Space Sweepers]. Bidangil Pictures, 2021.
Kim, Bo-Young. “How Alike Are We.” Translated by Jihyun Park and Gord Sellar Clarkesworld science fiction & fantasy magazine. October 2019. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/bo-young_10_19/
Mun, Yunsŏng. Wanjŏn sahoe [Perfect society]. Seoul: Arzak Press, 2018.  
–––. “Perfect Society.” Translated by Sunyoung Park and Dagmar Van Engen. In Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction, edited by Sunyoung Park and Sang Joon Park, 43–66. Los Angeles: Kaya Press, 2019.
Park, Sunyoung. “Between Science and Politics: Science Fiction as a Critical Discourse in South Korea, 1960s–1990s.” Special Issue, “Science and Literature,” edited by Christopher Hanscom and Dafna Zur, Journal of Korean Studies. Vol. 23 (2), pp. 347–367.  
Yi, Chongsan. K’ŏsŭt’ŏmŏ [Customer]. Seoul: Munhak tonge, 2017.

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