Dawne wyzwania, nowe perspektywy. Korea w polskiej humanistyce
Old Challenges, New Perspectives: Korea in Polish Humanities
Contributor(s): Anna Piwowarska (Editor), Ewa Rynarzewska (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Cultural history, Music, Visual Arts, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Communication studies, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Theory of Literature, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Korean culture; Korean literature; Korean cuisine; Korean language
Summary/Abstract: A volume of studies devoted to Korean culture, which is becoming more and more accessible through modern media, streaming services and social media platforms, the dynamically developing publishing, tourism and culinary market, as well as organized cultural and artistic events. The authors represent the main centres of Korean studies in Poland and specialize in various disciplines, which allows presenting a wide cross-section of topics, a variety of research perspectives and multidimensionality of issues related to the Korean Peninsula. The texts reflect the individual scientific interests of the authors and are part of the rapidly developing debate on Korean culture.
Series: Coreana Varsoviensia
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-7072-1
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-7070-7
- Page Count: 350
- Publication Year: 2025
- Language: Polish
Wstęp
Wstęp
(Introduction)
- Author(s):Anna Piwowarska, Ewa Rynarzewska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:7-11
- No. of Pages:5
- Keywords:Korean studies; culture; literature; linguistics; society; Buddhist art; culinary tradition; colonial history; demographic crisis
- Summary/Abstract:The introduction announces the fourth volume of studies from the 'Coreana Varsoviensia' series, which offers a broad cross-section of research topics concerning the Korean Peninsula. The text describes in detail the scientific articles included in the book, which touch upon issues in the fields of Korean culinary tradition, literature, Buddhist art, cinema, colonial history, as well as demography and linguistics. The entire work aims to introduce the Reader to a lively academic debate and to deepen their knowledge of Korea's rich culture.
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Rano ryż, wieczorem ryżanka – o (nie)zmiennej roli ryżu na Półwyspie Koreańskim
Rano ryż, wieczorem ryżanka – o (nie)zmiennej roli ryżu na Półwyspie Koreańskim
(The (Un)Changing Role of Rice in Korean Food Culture)
- Author(s):Kamila Kozioł
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Social history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:13-39
- No. of Pages:27
- Keywords:rice consumption; rice rationing; food customs; konggitpap
- Summary/Abstract:This article offers a diachronic analysis of the role of rice in Korea’s social history, spanning from pre-state agricultural communities to the 20th century consumer culture. Challenging notions of “traditional Korean cuisine”, the study shows how rice has undergone significant transformations: from ritual good and social currency to regulated commodity and standardised dietary staple. Particular attention is given to the Japanese colonial period, during which rice became subject to strict state control, a process that continued in South Korean food policy after 1945. The institutionalization of konggitpap – the standardised metal rice bowl used in restaurants – is examined as both a tool of state intervention and a symbolic object of postwar nutritional rationing. Combining historical, anthropological, and economic perspectives, the article proposes a framework for understanding rice as a culturally and politically charged phenomenon.
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Miłość jako intuicyjny wgląd w wartości a tradycyjne opowieści koreańskie
Miłość jako intuicyjny wgląd w wartości a tradycyjne opowieści koreańskie
(Love as an Intuitive Insight into Values and Traditional Korean Narratives)
- Author(s):Renata Czekalska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Customs / Folklore, Other Language Literature
- Page Range:41-57
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:traditional Korean narratives; love; values; ordo amoris
- Summary/Abstract:The article presents a preliminary attempt to develop a typology of love as represented in traditional Korean narratives. Based on the analysis of several dozen source texts in English and Polish, eight main categories of love were identified. Each was described with reference to narrative examples and interpreted as an expression of emotional insight into values. The proposed typology is provisional and open-ended, and its further refinement requires more in-depth research into both the linguistic and cultural dimensions of the concept of love.
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"Sun-i Samch’on" Hyun Ki-younga jako świadectwo traumy mieszkańców wyspy Czedżu
"Sun-i Samch’on" Hyun Ki-younga jako świadectwo traumy mieszkańców wyspy Czedżu
('Sun-i Samch’on' by Hyun Ki-young as a Testimony to the Trauma of the Inhabitants of Cheju Island)
- Author(s):Justyna Najbar-Miller
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Other Language Literature, Sociology of Literature
- Page Range:59-81
- No. of Pages:23
- Keywords:Sun-i Samch’on; Hyun Ki-young; Cheju; massacre; trauma; testimony
- Summary/Abstract:The Cheju Uprising began on April 3, 1948, and was labeled a communist rebellion by the United States Military Government in Korea, which subsequently ordered the suppression of the island. As a result of harsh military and police operations, which according to the official narrative aimed at eradicating communism, an estimated ten percent of Cheju’s population was killed. For decades, the massacre remained a taboo subject in South Korea. The publication of the short story Sun-i Samch’on (1978) by the South Korean writer Hyun Ki-young is regarded as a pivotal moment in bringing this tragedy to light. The aim of this article is to present this work and to discuss its narrative strategies and language as tools for revealing the truth about the trauma experienced by the inhabitants of Cheju.
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Triumf ideologii: literatura północnokoreańska w polskim przekładzie (1950–1955)
Triumf ideologii: literatura północnokoreańska w polskim przekładzie (1950–1955)
(The Triumph of Ideology: North Korean Literature in Polish Translation (1950–1955))
- Author(s):Ewa Rynarzewska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Other Language Literature, Translation Studies, Sociology of Literature
- Page Range:83-109
- No. of Pages:27
- Keywords:North Korean literature; ideology; indirect translation; socialist realism; propaganda; dichotomy; utopia; 1950s
- Summary/Abstract:The article examines Polish translations of North Korean literature published between 1950 and 1955. The analyzed corpus consists of four works, most of which were translated through Russian intermediaries. These texts represent literature dominated by ideological function, shaped by the rules of socialist realism, and portraying a communist society as an “ideal world.” The study focuses on literary topoi (suffering, land reform, the “new man,” utopia of the future) and on fundamental dichotomies: “us-them,” “past-future,” “reality-utopia.” The article argues that Polish translations of North Korean works should be seen as a specific literary construct, formed at the intersection of North Korean ideological vision and Polish conditions of reception. In this sense, these works should be regarded as a document of Cold War propaganda imagination, which subordinated literary and aesthetic values to political goals.
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Motyw „Awalokiteśwara wody i księżyca” ("Suwŏlgwanŭm") w tradycyjnym malarstwie koreańskim
Motyw „Awalokiteśwara wody i księżyca” ("Suwŏlgwanŭm") w tradycyjnym malarstwie koreańskim
(Moon-Water Avalokiteśvara ('Suwŏlgwanŭm') in Korean Traditional Painting)
- Author(s):Anna Piwowarska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):History of Religion, History of Art
- Page Range:111-134
- No. of Pages:24
- Keywords:Suwŏlgwanŭm; Suwŏlgwanŭm-do; Avalokiteśvara; Korean painting; Buddhist art
- Summary/Abstract:This paper attempts to analyze one of the main motifs of traditional Buddhist painting – Suwŏlgwanŭm (Water-Moon Avalokiteśvara). The starting point for this discussion is one of the theories of Hans-Georg Gadamer’s hermeneutics, the never-ending process of interpretation. This theory is especially applicable to all manifestations of pre-modern art. In this case, the reception of a work changes with the passage of time, the development of research in a given field, and, importantly, changing perspectives of both the interpreters and the art recipients. Based on this assumption, the paper conducts a thorough iconographic and iconological analysis of Suwŏlgwanŭm-do paintings created during the Koryŏ period (918–1392). This analysis then demonstrates the connections between Suwŏlgwanŭm’s symbolism and both canonical Buddhist texts and Korean Buddhist schools. Finally, it proposes new directions for the development of research on the Korean Avalokiteśvara.
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Konceptualizacja metafor przyrody w filmowym tekście multimodalnym – na przykładzie "Sangnoksu" (상록수, "Wiecznie zielone drzewo", 1961)
Konceptualizacja metafor przyrody w filmowym tekście multimodalnym – na przykładzie "Sangnoksu" (상록수, "Wiecznie zielone drzewo", 1961)
(The Conceptualization of Nature Metaphors in a Multimodal Film Text – Based on the Work 'Sangnoksu' (상록수, 'Evergreen Tree' 1961))
- Author(s):Emilia Wojtasik-Dziekan
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Semantics, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
- Page Range:135-154
- No. of Pages:20
- Keywords:conceptual metaphor; nature; Korea; Sangnoksu; Korean movie; multimodal film text
- Summary/Abstract:The article aims to analyze the metaphors of nature along with its selected elements within the specific textual environment of a multimodal film text. The conceptualization of nature metaphors, further examined through the lens of Korean culture, requires a certain level of knowledge. Since conceptual metaphors (in light of George Lakoff and Mark Johnson’s approach, 1988) are inherently linked to culture and ways of experiencing it, an analysis grounded in such an approach necessitates extensive cultural and historical knowledge. Film, in turn, serves as a medium that combines various forms of encoding meaning, namely in vision and sound. The multimodal film text chosen as the research material is, in fact, an audiovisual adaptation of a text from the period of Japanese occupation of the Korean Peninsula (1910–1945). The text titled Sangnoksu (상록수, Evergreen Tree) was written by Sim Hun and was published serially in Tonga Ilbo (동아일보) between 1935 and 1936. After the Korean War (1950–1953), it was adapted for film twice, both in a monochrome version (directed by Sin Sang-ok, 신상옥, 1961) and a color version (directed by Im Kwŏn-T’aek, 임권택, 1978). The analysis was conducted on the monochrome version, which, according to the Author, highlights the conceptualization process of the metaphorization of nature and its selected elements.
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Rozwój szkolnictwa w kolonialnej Korei. Między asymilacją a modernizacją
Rozwój szkolnictwa w kolonialnej Korei. Między asymilacją a modernizacją
(The Development of Schooling in Colonial Korea: Between Assimilation and Modernization)
- Author(s):Anna Diniejko-Wąs
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Social history, History of Education, State/Government and Education
- Page Range:155-190
- No. of Pages:36
- Keywords:Colonial Korea; Japan; education; assimilation; modernization; Japanization; educational fever; Korean elites; segregation; discrimination
- Summary/Abstract:During the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910–1945), the colonial education system was designed as a tool of assimilation and control. Its aim was to shape loyal subjects of the Japanese emperor rather than to educate independent elites. Paradoxically, however, these oppressive and discriminatory policies contributed to the emergence of modern Korean political, economic, and cultural elites. Some Koreans, by adapting to the imposed system, were able to use it as a means of social advancement, intellectual development, and strengthening of national identity, which later shaped the postwar Republic of Korea.
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Drugie przejście demograficzne (SDT) w Republice Korei i Japonii. Postmaterializm a instytucja rodziny, małżeństwa i kwestia posiadania potomstwa
Drugie przejście demograficzne (SDT) w Republice Korei i Japonii. Postmaterializm a instytucja rodziny, małżeństwa i kwestia posiadania potomstwa
(The Second Demographic Transition (SDT) in the Republic of Korea and Japan. Post-materialism and the Institution of the Family, Marriage and the Question of Having Offspring)
- Author(s):Joanna M. Guzik
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Family and social welfare, Demography and human biology
- Page Range:191-211
- No. of Pages:21
- Keywords:second demographic transition (SDT); Korea; Japan; materialism; post-materialism; family; marriage; offspring
- Summary/Abstract:The article attempts to identify the causes of the demographic crisis in Korea and Japan in terms of post-materialist theory and the second demographic transition (SDT). Despite a high degree of trust in the institution of the family and a sense of duty towards the country, Korea and Japan continue to record very low fertility and marriage rates. The analysed data, cultural patterns and values indicate the multifaceted nature of this problem. In both countries, a visible correlation exists between the desire to have children (if intended) and the cultural prerequisite of entering into marriage. The lack of deinstitutionalisation of marriage is evidence of an incomplete second demographic transition. In the context of materialism, both countries exhibit a statistical predominance of individuals adopting a mixed approach, combining both materialistic and post-materialistic values. However, in Korea, there are more than twice as many people with a ‘pure’ materialistic approach, which intensified after the Asian crisis at the end of the 20th century, which may be one reason for the lower fertility rate in that country.
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Korea Południowa w poszukiwaniu nowej tożsamości – między tradycją a technologiczną transformacją
Korea Południowa w poszukiwaniu nowej tożsamości – między tradycją a technologiczną transformacją
(South Korea in Search of a New Identity – Between Tradition and Technological Transformation)
- Author(s):Grażyna Strnad, Mateusz Łabuz
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Social Informatics, Sociology of Politics, Identity of Collectives
- Page Range:213-231
- No. of Pages:19
- Keywords:South Korea; contemporary socio-political identity; traditional values; digitalization; technological transformation
- Summary/Abstract:The authors analyse the process of shaping South Korea’s socio-political contemporary identity, taking into account the tensions between its Confucian heritage and the dynamic technological transformation of recent decades. They point out that economic success and digital development, which have elevated the country to the role of a global leader in innovation, have not been accompanied by a redefinition of social relations. Attention is also paid to growing social and political polarization, misogynism, the erosion of trust in institutions and the media, and the crisis of deliberative democracy. The aim of this article is therefore to highlight socio-political problems and identity dilemmas in the context of South Korea’s technological development and digital transformation. The conclusions indicate that South Korea is in a phase of searching for a new identity, in which digital innovations are becoming both a source of national pride and soft power, as well as a factor exacerbating existing social conflicts and contradictions.
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Personifikacja w popularnonaukowych interpretacjach koreańskich nazw robaków i jej rola w przekazywaniu wiedzy
Personifikacja w popularnonaukowych interpretacjach koreańskich nazw robaków i jej rola w przekazywaniu wiedzy
(Personification in Popular Science Interpretations of Korean Bug Names and its Role in Conveying Knowledge)
- Author(s):Jakub Krzosek
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Lexis, Semantics
- Page Range:233-254
- No. of Pages:22
- Keywords:bugs; Korean language; metaphor; personification; popular science; zoonyms
- Summary/Abstract:The purpose of this study was to investigate personification in popular science interpretations of Korean bug names deemed metaphorical. This can be a strategy for bringing about understanding and empathy in communicating knowledge on insects and spiders in South Korea. The an animal is a human being metaphor was presented in the context of “The Great Chain of Being” metaphor system. The analysis of lexical items in the linguistic material was conducted from the perspective of conceptual metaphor. References to human experience and cultural awareness of Koreans were detected along with positive value judgments, which can make scientific knowledge more accessible.
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Koreańska frazeologia nazw części ciała jako obraz doświadczeń poznawczych człowieka – próba kontrastywnego opisu idiomów somatycznych z komponentami GŁOWA, OKO i RĘKA
Koreańska frazeologia nazw części ciała jako obraz doświadczeń poznawczych człowieka – próba kontrastywnego opisu idiomów somatycznych z komponentami GŁOWA, OKO i RĘKA
(Body-Part Phraseology in Korean as a Reflection of Human Cognitive Experience: A Contrastive Study of Somatic Idioms Involving HEAD, EYE and HAND)
- Author(s):Jeong In Choi
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Semantics, Comparative Linguistics, Phraseology
- Page Range:255-278
- No. of Pages:24
- Keywords:Korean language; Polish language; contrastive analysis; somatic phraseology
- Summary/Abstract:The aim of this article is to provide a contrastive analysis of somatic phraseologisms in Korean and Polish, with particular emphasis on idioms containing the constituent components eye, hand, and head. The analysis is grounded in the assumptions of cognitive linguistics, including the theories of embodiment and conceptual metonymy. It highlights both the universal patterns of conceptualization based on the linguistic representation of human body parts as cognitive instruments, as well as certain differences in the linguistic worldviews that stem from distinct cultural backgrounds. The study confirms the high productivity of somatic metaphors in Korean and Polish phraseology and their crucial role in reflecting social norms, modes of thinking, and cultural values.
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Czym jest CHCENIE w języku koreańskim? Morfologia i semantyka konstrukcji wolitywnych
Czym jest CHCENIE w języku koreańskim? Morfologia i semantyka konstrukcji wolitywnych
(Conceptualization and Grammaticalization of WANT in Korean – Morphology and Semantics of Volitional Forms)
- Author(s):Gwangseok Kim, Romuald Huszcza
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Morphology, Syntax, Semantics
- Page Range:279-310
- No. of Pages:32
- Keywords:Korean language; semantics; syntax; grammaticalization; the notion of want / desire and its adjectival and verbal conceptualization
- Summary/Abstract:The Korean volitional sentence pattern -ko sipta -고 싶다 is – from the typological point of view – an original example of grammaticalization where the final predicate sipta 싶다 itself belongs to the category of adjectives. Contrary to this, in most natural languages, including Polish and English, the notion of want is grammaticalized as a verbal predicate. Moreover, the Korean form -ko sipta -고 싶다 in its uses is strongly connected with the meaning of the 1st and 2nd person, while the 3rd person uses are based on the verbal predicate -ko sipŏ hada -고 싶어 하다, morphologically derived from the basic adjectival construction. The basis for the above-mentioned conceptualization scheme are specific perception mechanisms of mental and emotional phenomena. Thus, such concepts as feature, spiritual property or mental state prevailed here over the concepts of active behavior, process or action. An important role was also played by epistemic limitations of direct knowledge and higher degree of certainty. These limitations are confirmed in the fact that only the 1st person uses of -ko sipta -고 싶다 are acceptable in declarative sentences, while the 2nd person uses can be acceptable in questions or suppositions only. However, the 3rd person uses, when the speaker has no access to direct source of knowledge on others’ feelings or desires, are acceptable only with verbal predicates, where behavioral conceptualization of desire is observed.
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Komponent semantyczny STRONA / KIERUNEK jako podłoże gramatykalizacji defektywnego rzeczownika p’yŏn 편 we współczesnym języku koreańskim
Komponent semantyczny STRONA / KIERUNEK jako podłoże gramatykalizacji defektywnego rzeczownika p’yŏn 편 we współczesnym języku koreańskim
(The Semantic Component SIDE / DIRECTION as a Basis for Grammaticalization of the Defective Noun p’yŏn 편 in Modern Korean)
- Author(s):Jarosław A. Pietrow
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics
- Page Range:311-340
- No. of Pages:30
- Keywords:Korean language; dependent nouns; nominalization; grammaticalization; modal predicates
- Summary/Abstract:The present study deals with the category of the so called dependent nouns (ŭijon myŏngsa 의존 명사), traditionally called defective nouns, exemplified by the noun p’yŏn 편. The basic function of this category of nouns in Korean is the role of head within the nominalized clauses combined with several additional meanings. The noun p’yŏn 편 appears in comparative constructions, signalling degree of the feature being compared. As for pragmatic genre of utterances with the use of p’yŏn 편 they include mainly evaluation, advice or suggestion, where p’yŏn 편 constitutes a modal predicate, namely p’yŏn-ida 편이다. This scheme of grammaticalization is based on the semantic component of side. The second scheme of nominalization is based on adjectival predicate e.g. chot’a 좋다 and natta 낫다, expressing the meaning of assessment within comparative scale, namely p’yŏn-i chot’a 편 이 좋다 or p’yŏn-i natta 편 이 낫다 ‘it would be better if’, ‘it is better to do rather…’. This scheme is of rather dynamic character, based on the semantic component of direction, where the speaker suggests to the hearer acting or behaviour directed at some better solutions. The uses of p’yŏn 편 here are directly connected with the Korean ethos of communication based on avoiding pressure exerted on the hearer and relying on the lower degree of self-confidence on the speaker’s side.
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Noty o Autorach
Noty o Autorach
(Notes on the Contributors)
- Author(s):Anna Piwowarska, Ewa Rynarzewska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Source Material
- Page Range:341-348
- No. of Pages:8
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