Oh Min-seok: A Guide to Modern Literary Theory

After the structuralism, the literary theory expanded beyond the theory of literature to the basis of the world. The literary theory is now a literary theory, and not only a philosophical theory, but also a literary criticism, as well as a whole range of popular culture, media criticism, film criticism, social criticism, political criticism. Now, without understanding the literary theory, the production of various ‘ critical discourses ’ is impossible. In all the ‘intelligence ’ theories became a tasteless menu, and were of prime concern not only to experts but also to lay-down laymans. Literature theories are so diverse that the ‘supposing ’ of modern-day representative theories must be well developed. If you go straight into a study of the theory without an overview of the whole literary theory, there is concern that you will become a'sinjah' of a particular theory without any comparison. Since each theory has a ‘ local right, ’ it is very dangerous to dismiss as absolute certain theories. But in the meantime, the books that included modern literary theories in the country were mostly translations or biographers. So far, readers have had to suffer from a useless search for a language that is full of translation. The guidance of Professor Ominsuk's theory in the theoretical market is a ‘ event ’ that makes this situation unencumbered. Professor O is not only an expert who has been teaching literary theory at university for over 25 years, but also a ‘ exception ’ who has accumulated the experience of living writing on the scene as a poet, a literary critic, a public cultural researcher, and a columnist. Although an English scholar, major is not English-symbol, but literary theory.

Korean title: 현대문학이론의 길잡이

Korean author: 오민석

Korean publisher: 시인동네

ISBN-13: 9791158963347