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The red sun bleeds

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posted on 2023-08-04, 11:38 authored by Emily Yoona Kim

My thesis is an excerpt from a historical fiction and magical realism novel. Ran, a young Korean girl, grows up in Japan-occupied Korea during the late 1930s and early 1940s. When she comes of age at thirteen, she discovers she can transform into a gumiho, or nine-tailed fox, a creature from Korean folklore. She must reckon with her transformative state to take down and assassinate key players of the Japanese occupation. This story utilizes an adaptation of a traditional tale to explore the ways Koreans women lived with the double-bind of gender oppression and imperialism, but also resisted with a nationalistic spirit.

History

Publisher

ProQuest

Language

English

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96974

Committee co-chairs

David Keplinger; Stephanie Grant

Degree discipline

Creative Writing

Degree grantor

American University. College of Arts and Sciences

Degree level

  • Masters

Degree name

M.F.A. in Creative Writing, American University, December 2021

Local identifier

auislandora_96974_OBJ.pdf

Media type

application/pdf

Pagination

119 pages

Access statement

Electronic thesis available to American University authorized users only, per author's request.

Call number

Thesis 11208

MMS ID

99186551301404102

Submission ID

11800

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