Book chapter
Transmediating Tradition: Convergence of Premodern Prose, Webtoons and Audio Comics
Introducing Korean Popular Culture, pp.166-179
Routledge, 1
2023
DOI: 10.4324/9781003292593-20
Abstract
This chapter explores the resurgence of premodern literary prose and its convergence with new digital forms, especially webtoons and audio comics. More specifically, it takes up Shim Cheongga (Song of Shim Cheong), one of the most well-known Korean pansori narratives. Although the story of Shim Cheong usually centers on the themes of filial piety and womanly virtue, the webtoon version Geunyeo eu Shim Cheong (Her Shim Cheong, 2017-19) and the audio comic (2020) largely overturn the legendary character and the standard story by constructing a "Girl Love" genre. This chapter shifts the analytical lens to interrogate the representation of sound in Her Shim Cheong to show the various ways sound, song and performance are iconographically and linguistically communicated. It then turns to the audio comic to question how sound, song and performance are reinserted to audially restage the story. Overall, this analysis will consider the ways Web 2.0 platforms transmediate tradition - premodern narratives, forms and historical issues - in creating a 21st-century narrative culture.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Transmediating Tradition: Convergence of Premodern Prose, Webtoons and Audio Comics
- Creators
- Jina E. Kim
- Contributors
- Youna Kim (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Introducing Korean Popular Culture, pp.166-179
- Edition
- 1
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.4324/9781003292593-20
- Number of pages
- 14
- Alternative title
- Transmediating Tradition
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2023
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Record Identifier
- 9984721118402771
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