#or korean literature

[what-have-i-unleashed]

chat, would dust listen to kpop?

[snowithv]

𝙹𝙰𝚁𝙳𝙸𝙼 ✿. 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗿𖬺͟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲̂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮

𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜̧𝐚̃𝐨. 秋天 ─── 𝟎𝟐

𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗈𝖽𝗒, 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𖬺͟비❀냄새

¹旋律 ’ ♡.𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗈𝗌 𝖽𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗏𝖺

𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐬. 𝒻𝗋𝖺𝗀𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗌-𝖽𝖾-𝖽𝗈𝗋

愛翻譯’♥︎ ─── 𝗉𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗂𝗌

[feral-ballad]

Lee Hyemi, tr. by Soje, from Unexpected Vanilla; “Inside the tower”

[Text ID: “Why am I / inside this absence”]

[metamorphesque]

The Fruit of My Woman, Han Kang (translated by Deborah Smith)

[chthonic-empyrean]

أنت ذلك الـ "لا شيء" عندما يسألني الناس عما أفكر فيه

You're that "nothing" when people ask me what I'm thinking about."

[belovedapollo]

diving into Han Kang, who won’t the Nobel Prize for literature in 2024 📖 reblog is ok, don’t repost/use

[haedalkoo]

Are You Sure!? Trailer Thoughts

jikookers how are we feeling after this trailer? personally I AM UNWELL

I wanted to talk a little about the catchphrase they used on Twitter: "청춘 아니가, 낭만이지!" which they translated as "This is what I call youth!", but in my humble opinion it loses A LOT of the actual meaning (and it will drive you crazy.)

The literal translation is: "this isn't youth, this is romance!"

NOW DON'T PANIC. I had the same wide-eyed reaction until I pulled my years of Korean learning out of the back of my brain and remembered that, although the literal way to translate 낭만 (nangman) is romance/romantic, it leans into the meaning of "romanticizing something". I'm romanticizing this moment right now, this is ideal, perfect, beautiful. Not so much related to romantic love, but still pretty different from "youth."

The concept of youth, in Korean literature/media/culture/society, as well as in other Asian cultures, is related to what all of you must recognize as the most beautiful moment in life. Both in Japanese and Korean, the word for youth can be picked apart to mean "blue spring" (靑春). It's also an incredibly romantic term to describe an idealized view of youth, that sense of freedom.

For them, this trip was more than a reminder of the freedom of youth. It was romantic– it was ideal. It's such a powerful statement.

I can't wait for August 🖤🤍

[lionofchaeronea]

Hear me, wild geese in the sky: I stand at the center of the crossroads. Again and again the paths branch, But no way is mine. --Kim Sowŏl (1902-1934), trans. David R. McCann

[without-ado]

한 강 Han Kang – awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature – was born in 1970 in the South Korean city of Gwangju before, at the age of nine, moving with her family to Seoul. She comes from a literary background, her father being a reputed novelist. Alongside her writing, she has also devoted herself to art and music, which is reflected throughout her entire literary production. (x) more at wiki

[raeiyyn]

elizabeth wurtzel, prozac nation // soulmates (2023) dir. yong geun min

[literaryvein-reblogs]

A List of "Beautiful" Korean Words

for your next poem/story

Ajjilhan - breathtaking

Bitsori - sound of rain

Bomnal - spring day

Eoieopda - unbelievable

Haneul - sky

Hwangholhan - enchantingly beautiful

Hyodo - dedicating yourself to your parents by taking good care of them until they die

Ilmol - sunset

Jeong - emotional bond

Kkotdaun - as beautiful as a flower

Kkotip - flower petal

Nunbich - emotions expressed through the eyes

Nunchi - the subtle art and ability to listen and gauge others' moods

Pureun - blue or green, representing the colors of nature

Saesori - birdsong

Simkung - the fluttery feeling or rapid heartbeat experienced in response to something touching or moving

Sinbiroun - mysterious

Uahan - graceful

Yeongam - inspiration

Yoonseul - ripples that glisten in the light

If any of these words make their way into your next poem/story, please tag me, or send me a link. I would love to read them!

Sources: 1 2 3 4 ⚜ More: Word Lists

[angadgautama]

$GLIMPSE

five days ago....

i saw her in the bus,

i don't know, how!

how can a glimpse that powerful!

her eyes, her lips, her smile,

are wondering in my head,

my soul in pain, eyes pouring rain,

my feelings are trumping,

they want a glimpse again,

atleast once again for this life.

may i be that powerful man,

to find her i be put my whole efforts.

[fictionalbond]

Love In the Big City (2024) - EP. 3 & 4 PART TWO - A BITE OF ROCKFISH, TASTE THE UNIVERSE

[feral-ballad]

Lee Soho, tr. by Soje, from Catcalling; “Page 29 of my sorrowful legend”

[Text ID: “From the start it was just the two of us / Me and the gap in between”]

[heavenlyyshecomes]

Nothing happened this past summer. Only that, in the hot sun from time to time, a brief thought would appear and disappear around me. That thought was closer to me than any of the flowers in the shop. Even as I tried to capture the thought on paper, the heat would exhaust me and I’d give up. There were plenty of things I gave up on, using the heat as an excuse. Which means I spent this past summer repeatedly deciding to do things and then giving up on them. As if my life were an exhibition of how good I am at giving up. It was that kind of summer.

—Kyung-Sook Shin, Violets tr. Anton Hur

[academic-vampire]

𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘐’𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 🍊

Dear, M.