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Understanding Korean film : a cross-cultural perspective

Title

Understanding Korean film : a cross-cultural perspective / Jieun Kiaer and Loli Kim.

Author

Kiaer, Jieun

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
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Additional Authors

Kim, Loli

Description

xxii, 248 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

"Film viewing presents a unique situation in which the film viewer is unwittingly placed in the role of a multimodal translator, finding themselves entirely responsible for interpreting multifaceted meanings at the mercy of their own semiotic repertoire. Yet, researchers have made little attempt, as they have for literary texts, to explain the gap in translation when it comes to multimodality. It is no wonder then that, in an era of informed consumerism, film viewers have been trying to develop their own toolboxes for the tasks that they are faced with when viewing foreign language films by sharing information online. This is particularly the case with South Korean film, which has drawn the interest of foreign viewers who want to understand these untranslatable meanings and even go as far as learning the Korean language to do so. Understanding Korean Film: A Cross-Cultural Perspective breaks this long-awaited ground, by explaining the meaning potential of a selection of common Korean verbal and non-verbal expressions in a range of contexts in South Korean film that are often untranslatable for English-speaking Western viewers. Through the selection of expressions provided in the text, readers become familiar with a system that can be extended more generally to understanding expressions in South Korean films. Formal analyses are presented in the form of in-depth discursive deconstructions of verbal and non-verbal expressions within the context of South Korea's Confucian traditions. Our case studies thus illustrate, in a more systematic way, how various meaning potential can be inferred in particular narrative contexts"--

Series Statement

Routledge studies in East Asian translation

Uniform Title

Routledge studies in East Asian translation.

Subject

Genre/Form

Case studies.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-241), filmography (page [242]), and index.

Contents

Theoretical background -- The Korean cultural context -- Socio-pragmatic strategies in K-film -- Case studies.

Call Number

MFL 22-1079

ISBN

9780367546205
0367546205
9780367546212
0367546213

LCCN

2021025105

OCLC

1260166322

Author

Kiaer, Jieun, author.

Title

Understanding Korean film : a cross-cultural perspective / Jieun Kiaer and Loli Kim.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge studies in East Asian translation

Routledge studies in East Asian translation.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-241), filmography (page [242]), and index.

Added Author

Kim, Loli, author.

Other Form:

Online version: Kiaer, Jieun. Understanding Korean film Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9781003089896 (DLC) 2021025106

Research Call Number

MFL 22-1079

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