World Literature as Process and Relation: East Asia’s Russia and Translation

Russian Literature in Asia

“…It was an equation responsible for the inspirational power of Russian literature in China, as for much of the brainwashing done in its name. 10 Cho credits the Korean author Yi Kwang-su, who considered literature to be "a fundamental force which determines the rise and fall of a nation", 11 with introducing the Russian classical canon to Korean readers through his own literary influences. Kwang-su's Heartless (Mujeong), written in 1917, is regarded as his most famous work and as the first modern Korean novel.…”