#  Literature, Friendship and the Question of Dissent after the Military Revolt of 1170: The Case of Yi Illo and Im Ch'un  

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 21, 2021** 

 04:30PM - 06:00PM EDT 

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 **Online (Zoom)**  



 

 



 

*Korea Colloquium*

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**Dennis Wuerthner**  
Assistant Professor of East Asian Literatures, Boston University  
  
Dr. Dennis Wuerthner is a researcher and lecturer at the Korean Studies Institute of Ruhr University Bochum. He teaches Korean history, and studies and translates premodern and contemporary Korean literature. His recent publications comprise *A Study of Hypertexts of Kuunmong*, *focusing on Kuullu / Kuun’gi* (Frankfurt a. M.: Peter Lang, 2017), *Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk: Kŭmo sinhwa by Kim Sisŭp* (University if Hawai’i Press, 2020 / UCLA Korean Classics Library Historical Materials Series) and “A Fusion of Dreams, a Crossing of Borders: On Ch’oe Inhun’s Transformations of Korean Classical Literature” (*Seoul Journal of Korean Studies* 33, no. 2, December 2020, 419-458). From February 2022 on, he will serve as Assistant Professor of East Asian Literatures in the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Boston University.  
  
Chaired by **Si Nae Park**, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University

**Abstract:**  
The military revolt of the year 1170 not only constituted a caesura in the history of the Koryŏ dynasty (918-1392), but it also marked a decisive turning point in the lives of many literati and civil-officials of the time. Yet while some intellectuals met disaster and were continuously marginalized, others subsequently thrived, pursuing illustrious official careers in the following decades. In this talk I will focus on two prominent young intellectuals of the age: Yi Illo, styled Misu, and Im Ch’un, styled Kiji, two friends of similar backgrounds whose lives in the post-coup era developed in dramatically different directions. On the basis of selected extant writings, particularly from *P’ahan chip* (Collection \[of Poems and Tales\] to dispel Idleness) and *Sŏha chip* (Collection of Sŏha), I mean to discuss the two scholars’ relationship, the way they viewed their lives and times, as well as the questions as to how they positioned themselves vis-à-vis the prevailing system(s) of military rule and how their writings and collections may be read as literature of dissent.  
  
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*Generously supported by the Sunshik Min Endowment Fund for the Advancement of Korean Literature at the Korea Institute.*



 

 



 

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