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- Publisher
- University of Hawai'I Press
- ISSN
- 1939-6120
- eISSN
- 1944-6500
Abstract
Inter v iew w ith Gong Jiyoung by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton, and Soohyun Chang BF & JCF: In an interview many years ago you mentioned that your approach to writing fiction is to find an issue and write about it. Is that true of your writing today? Gong Jiyoung: Instead of finding an issue and writing about it, I think about ways in which my writing could have more meaning in society. It may be that Korean society was more rigid back then, and me along with it. It’s not that I’ve completely changed, just that I’m much more relaxed now. And the things that are considered important in life—things like humor, optimism, having fun—are absolutely important to me today. BF & JCF: What is your relationship with the mundan, the literary establishment in Korea? Does it tend to stie y fl ou as a writer, or does it tend to stimulate you? Gong: Trying to describe the Korean literary establishment in one word would be delicate, and it really wouldn’t be any easier to describe my dealings with it because they’re practically nonexistent. But you can probably guess the answer when you see that I enjoy my
Journal
Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Mar 23, 2011