[LECTURE] Rescheduled lecture on August 17th작성일   2015-07-23

This lecture was postponed in last June because of the spread of MERS, and now rescheduled on August 17th.

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The Korean War in North Korean films: from "Wolmido" to "Nation and Fate"

Lecturer: Tatiana Gabroussenko

Assistant Professor, Korea University

Along with Liberation, the Korean War was one of the central themes to have played a significant role in the formation of North Korean identity. However, the role this theme has played has changed over time.

At first, the officially endorsed narrative of Korean War followed Soviet patterns of presentation of WWII, which in Russia had acquired the name ‘Great Patriotic War with Nazi Germany’. North Korean artists often directly copied Soviet war posters of 1941-1945 adding some Asian features to their characters and translating Russian-language slogans into Korean, and also a general narrative of Korean War in the DPRK used to reiterate patterns of Soviet mass culture regarding the Great Patriotic War. In this Soviet inspired picture, the Korean War was a victorious “National Liberation” struggle of the entire Korean people against the “Yankees”, while the role of South Koreans was reduced to that of negligible “puppets” often barely mentioned.

However, since the early 1990s this simplistic triumphalist picture has undergone significant revision. A famous serial film “Nation and Fate” shows a more complex vision of the Korean War and the role of South Koreans in it. The Korean War emerges as an intriguing epic tale of brotherly conflict, filled with tragic heroism on both sides, delusions, treachery and too late epiphanies.

The current presentation aims to investigate the historical development of the narrative of Korean War in official North Korean mass culture, with particular focus on works of North Korean cinematography.

Dr. Tatiana Gabroussenko graduated from the Far Eastern State University (ex-USSR), where she majored in Korean history. She obtained her Ph.D. in East Asian Studies at Australian National University. Gabroussenko is currently an Assistant Professor in North Korean Studies at the Faculty of Korean Studies at Korea University where she teaches subjects related to mass culture, arts and propaganda of the DPRK

Dr. Gabroussenko is the author of numerous of publications devoted to contemporary North Korean culture, literature and propaganda. Her book, Soldiers on the Cultural Front: Developments in the Early History of North Korea Literature and Literary Policy, was published by University of Hawai’i Press in 2010. The book has been included in the Choice annual list of Outstanding Academic Titles in 2011.

Directions

Venue

Education room (1st floor), Seoul Museum of History

55 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Date and Time

August 17^th, 2015 (Mon)

11:30 A.M. to 13:00 P.M

Fee

Free

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10,000 won(Sandwich & drink)

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