In Kinship Novels of Early Modern Korea (Columbia University Press), Ksenia Chizhova, assistant professor of East Asian studies and comparative literature, discusses a popular genre in Korea during the 17th through the 20th centuries: novels that unfold over generations of one family. Her exploration covers how these books fit within Korean society, history, and modernity.
In Kinship Novels of Early Modern Korea (Columbia University Press), Ksenia Chizhova, assistant professor of East Asian studies and comparative literature, discusses a popular genre in Korea during the 17th through the 20th centuries: novels that unfold over generations of one family. Her exploration covers how these books fit within Korean society, history, and modernity.