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Understanding and Questioning History from the Perspective of Community Narratives and Gynocentric Narrations in Selected East Asian Texts

K S Ahima, Research Scholar and Dr R Vennela


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Being neighbouring nations and also because of the colonial influence of Japan over Korea, there are a lot of cross-cultural elements and influence present in the culture of both nations. When looking at the colonial history of Korea, one cannot ignore the tremendous influence placed by Japan over Korea. Korea was taken over by Japan in the year 1910, after which the people living in both Japan and Korea became the imperial subjects answerable to the Emperor of Japan. The paper discusses three main novels, namely Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht and Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. Placed in the period of World War II era and showcasing the Japanese rule over Korea, the novels present the wartime as well as post wartime conditions of the two countries.

Keywords: Community Narratives, Gynocentric Narrations, femimemory, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, wartime as well as post wartime conditions, South Korea, Japan.

Introduction

This paper explores the impact of community narratives and gynocentric narrations from the point of femimemory in relation to the literature written in the twentieth century with a special focus on Korea. The world has evolved and changed over the years, but man’s need to control and conquer has not ended, but rather the techniques have become innovative. In today’s world the concept of colonialism and its cruel aftereffects are a matter of the past, something to be forgotten. But the true reality is that it continues to exert power and influence over the former colonies in different forms unknown to the people. The colonial masters still continue to exert a subtle and dangerous power over the former colonial subjects, which is extended and driven by the various strategies they exercise.

South Korea and Japan are one of the most culturally and economically rich nations in today’s world. Belonging to the Eastern part of the Asian continent, the two nations have a long standing history, a good geographical location and a very culturally rich society. Being neighbouring nations and also because of the colonial influence of Japan over Korea, there are a lot of cross-cultural elements and influence present in the culture of both nations. When looking at the colonial history of Korea, one cannot ignore the tremendous influence placed by Japan over Korea. Korea was taken over by Japan in the year 1910, after which the people living in both Japan and Korea became the imperial subjects answerable to the Emperor of Japan. The paper discusses three main novels, namely Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht and Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. Placed in the period of World War II era and showcasing the Japanese rule over Korea, the novels present the wartime as well as post wartime conditions of the two countries.

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K S Ahima
Research Scholar
Department of HSS
NIT Warangal
ahima.k.s@gmail.com

Dr R Vennela
Assistant Professor
Department of HSS
NIT Warangal
rvennela@nitw.ac.in
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