Inhabiting local contradictions, engaging global mandates: In-Hun Choi and Sok-Yong Hwang in the landscape of contemporary Korean fiction writing

Abstract

"This article examines the oeuvres of In-Hun Choi and Sok-Yong Hwang, the two magnates in contemporary Korean fiction writing through the lens of the local, national, and global intersections by juxtaposing various political and historical contexts with their formal innovations. By explicating a space wherein a contingent local configuration appears in relation to multiple identifications in a larger context, I put forth an argument that Choi and Hwang chart a vexed but counterhegemonic space to illustrate what inhabiting local contradictions and engaging global mandates simultaneously entail.