TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN THE CREATION OF THE MOTHER IN PAK WANSO
Keyword(s):
The West
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Pak Wanso’s work is not only about standard themes, but also about new ones in Korean literature. Pak Wanso himself said he wanted to prevent the Korean War and its aftermath, the number of people killed during the war, and the loss and gain of territory from becoming a mere historical record. Pak Wanso wanted to record the consequences of the war. Pak Wanso commented on the breakdown or weakening of kinship with the influx of individualism from the West. This article discusses the topic of «mother» in modern Korean literature.