This case study on hypertextuality in late Chos n dynasty literature deals with works of narrative fiction in prose modelled after Kuunmong by Kim Manjung. The focus is laid on a novel extant in two manuscripts: Sinj ng Kuullu and Sinj ng chaeja Kuun'gi.
This case study deals with late Chos n dynasty works of narrative fiction modelled after Kuunmong (A Dream of Nine Clouds) by Kim Manjung (1637-1692). The focus lies on a novel extant in two manuscripts: Sinj ng Kuullu (Revised augmented edition of the Nine Cloud Tower) and Sinj ng chaeja Kuun'gi (Revised augmented caizi edition of the Story of Nine Clouds), short Kuullu/Kuun'gi. While this study specifically discusses late premodern hypertexts of Kuunmong, it is also concerned with a set of broader questions regarding the diffusion, circulation, reception, and creative transformation of literary products of different languages on the eve of modernity in Sino-centric East Asia.
On the rise and transformation of Kuunmong - Kuunmong and its hypertexts in late Chos n dynasty Korea - The "mosaic-hypertext" Kuullu/Kuun'gi - Hypotexts of Kuullu/Kuun'gi and the issue of readership awareness - Implications of dialogues with literary predecessors - Markets, mosaics, and Nine Clouds in motion.
Dennis Wuerthner is a researcher and lecturer at the Korean Studies Institute of Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany). He studies and translates premodern and contemporary Korean literature.
