Study of Hypertexts of Kuunmong a e a , Focusing on Kuullu a e / Kuun'gi a e e

This case study deals with late Choson dynasty works of narrative fiction modelled after Kuunmong (A Dream of Nine Clouds) by Kim Manjung (1637-1692). The focus lies on a novel extant in two manuscripts: Sinjung Kuullu (Revised augmented edition *of the Nine Cloud Tower) and *Sinjung chaeja Kuun'gi (Revised augmented caizi edition of the Story of Nine Clouds), short Kuullu/Kuun'gi. While this study specifically discusses late premodern hypertexts of Kuunmong, it is also concerned with a set of broader questions regarding the diffusion, circulation, reception, and creative transformation of literary products of different languages on the eve of modernity in Sino-centric East Asia.

Autorentext

Dennis Wuerthner is a researcher and lecturer at the Korean Studies Institute of Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany). He studies and translates premodern and contemporary Korean literature.

Inhalt

On the rise and transformation of Kuunmong - Kuunmong and its hypertexts in late Choson dynasty Korea - The "mosaic-hypertext" Kuullu/Kuun'gi - Hypotexts of Kuullu/Kuun'gi and the issue of readership awareness - Implications of dialogues with literary predecessors - Markets, mosaics, and Nine Clouds in motion.