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50TH CULTURE
SEPTEMBER1,2004
IntroductionofCultureSection
Reviewsfromthepast
Seekingvariousculture
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paperofMay-Junein1981.Themainstream
he review column has been for a long
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culture is not apart from the society. So,
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faithful attention to society and the flow of
earlytime,reviewcolumnwasbornwiththe
some articles show this view. With the
earlydays,thefirstarticlerelatedtoculture
period as it once did with reviews or
first book review, Obaltan written by
movie,¡°Catonahottinroof¡±(Sep.1983),it
appeared in October, 1962 with a book
interview columns like ¡°Interview with
professor Mark Titus. Another review,
showedresistanceagainstcollapsingmorals.
review about Obaltan written by Professor
ContemporaryWriters.¡±
cinema review was also shown in 1967.
Also,tragedyofmaninmodernsocietywas
MarkTitus.Onlybookreviewswereshown,
Recently, even though they deal with
Afterwards,thiscolumnhasbeenintroduced
brought with the novel ¡°Death of a
untilthebeginningofDatingonSundaythat
various culture the articles incline to show
various culture such as Cinema, Drama,
salesman¡±(Jun. 1982). The writer of review
exist until now on October in 1966. Also
light, and interesting. Yet, the Culture
Musical,Art,Book,ConcertReview.
dealt two movies together talking same
another review column was made. It was a
Section of The Argus is trying to share
It has long history in the Culture Section
subjects, fixed gender role. They insisted to
cinema review dealing the movie ¡°Africa
agonyaboutsocietyinculturetogetherwith
of The Argus and has been mostly dealt. It
break prejudice of gender role with boxing
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the articles, such as an inquiry into
also has done its role faithfully by showing
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Intheearlydays,cinemaanddramareviews
managementofculturalpropertiesandAnti-
thevariousculture,whichisTheArgushas
¡°Girlfight¡±and¡°BillyElliot¡±(May,2001).
wereprinciple,reviewhasdevelopeddealing
MissKoreaFestival.
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with cultural life in university, trend and
Culture Section of The Argus has
the phenomena of culture occupied the
atmosphereofcultureatthattimeaswellas
constantlytriedtohaveloveandconcernfor
biggest position in the Culture Section, its
thepast
gradually writing about various cultural
traditional culture, active attitude to
valuecannotbejudgedlowly.
Someone can ask that The Argus always
performances such as exhibition, traditional
participatesociety,concernfortheweaknot
This column has been developed by
dealwithheavysubjects.Asyouexpect,the
art,opera,andballet.
for the people who already have vested
introducing cultural works that have
answer is no. Even though The Argus
At last, Society & Culture Section came
interests,andpursuitrightdirectionofmass
informationandthesourceoftroublenotjust
sublate pursuit for only enjoyment, there
into being in the newspaper May-June in
communication. These attitude should
forinterestingwithvariousviews,criticism,
have been some articles that students enjoy
1980, which seems to show society in
continued. Culture in university should be
and consciousness of participation of The
together. There was a rock review that had
cultural phenomenon. In this period,
actualize the cultural basement by actually
Argus. It has given space for thinking
the headline ¡°Try to feel ¡®New Music¡¯ in
different from the beginning, the articles of
inquiring and conducting it instead of
deeply. Because not only for these reasons,
yourself:Theyrecitetheirownthoughts,life
in-depth analyzed, criticized, and insisted
followingonlythetrend.
butalsothearticleshavereflectedtheculture
&love¡±(Jan,1979).Also,therewasaplay,
cultural phenomena starting with
which students of university have enjoyed.
¡°True West¡±(Sep, 1984) showing the
¡°TraditionalCultureBasedonAction¡±inthe
ByJoHyun-mi/TheArgus
TheArguslookbackarounditslonghistory
process that two brothers understand each
of review in this special edition of 50th
other.Itsaidthatthisplaydealswithmodern
celebration.
man¡¯s alienation and his desperate trial to
seek raison d¡¯etre (reason for being). And,
Concerns for Korean traditional and
the subject love is not the end theme. The
¡°Line1¡±-1994VS2004
foreignculture
cinema ¡°An officer and a gentleman¡± with
AsHUFSisauniversityofforeignstudies
the sub head ¡°Love¡¯ll lift us up where we
foreign culture is very important for
belong.¡±describedthebeautifullovestories.
HUFSans who are studying foreign
Withreviewarticles,TheArgusreviewed
performed not only nationwide but also
commented Kwon Ha-jung, the audience
languages and countries. Features which
university students¡¯ changing culture with
worldwide, changing the casts and
whohasseenLine1since1996.
dealt foreign culture had been shown. The
the stream of era. Looking at these, The
producing great actors. It is a German
Like Line 1, more and more good
reporters visited French Film Festival and
Argus¡¯reviewhasbeenacolumnwhichcan
musical translated into Korean, However,
performances should remain after another
reviewedthefrenchmovie¡°Memoriesinthe
besharedbydealingmanysubjectmattersin
it was evaluated as unique, so from
10years.
HeartofFrance¡±(June,1977).Theeffortto
morevariousfields.Yet,manyarticlesseem
January 1, 2000 their royalty was
let students know the importance of the
togiveunduestresstoshowingthetrendor
exempted.
Korean traditional culture such as Korean
enjoymenttoomuch.Comingreviewshould
Line 1 showed a miniature Korean
traditional play, festival. Recent review
put into anguishes of the period not for
society, from the highest class to the
dealing Korean traditional culture is
seekingonlyenjoyment.
Line1in2004
lowest class. Essential elements were not
¡°Gwacheon Madangkuk Festival 2001¡±
T
he rock musical ¡°Line 1,¡± its long
with the headline, ¡°The world-reading in
changed which show and criticize the
(Oct.2001)
waystartedinMay14,1994,hadthe
subway¡± in the newspaper of June, 1994.
society.Justthedetailswerechangedsuch
celebration of 2000th performance in
Also,TheArgusmetNahYoun-sunwho
astheactorsandtimeofthebackground.
Looking reality of society and the
ByJoHyun-mi
non-mainstreamfaction
November9,2003,andattainedtheirtenth
was the first Yeon-sun (Seonyo, now) as
¡°Whenever I see Line 1, it makes me
EditorofCultureSection
anniversary in May 14, 2004. The Argus
RendezvousinNovember,2003.Afterthe
happy. I am not fed up with this
The Argus has always tried to have
reviewedtheincipientstageofthismusical
first stage, the musical was continuously
performanceatall.SoIseeiteveryyear,¡±
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Contemporarywritercateringneweyes
crisis of Korean literature. What do
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youthinkaboutthissituation?
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DateWith¡°DatingonSunday¡±
SectionofTheArgus.¡°Interviewwithcontemporarywriter¡±in70s~80s,Interview
Ofcourse,crisisisobviouslyacrisis,but
column with artists in 90s, ¡°Ears & Eyes¡± in 2000~2001, and now Rendezvous.
thatisnotsimpleproblem.Firstofall,the
Especially, the column ¡°Interview with Comtemporary Writers¡± was published
situation of the book market is matters.
seriallyinthelatterhalfof70¡¯s.Amongthesethereweremanygreatwriterswho
Before 90s, there were only Korean
left their footsteps definitely in Korean modern literature such as Park Wan-seo,
literature in book stores. Even when
T
Cho Se-hi, and Kim Seung-ok. The Argus intend to meet another contemporary
foreign books occupied a corner, it was
he column ¡°Dating on Sunday¡±
other organizations as Oedae Hakbo,
writerinthepresenttime.
minorandtranslationlevelwasverylow.
started in 1996. The purpose of the
FBS, the Coed Committee and the
But,fromtheearlytimeof90s,starwriters
column is to get to know students of
Dongari(club)Union.
were introduced rapidly. All situations
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Third, ¡°Dating on Sunday¡± also met
T
hewriter,KimYoung-haisoneofthe
society perform as a happy community. I
were executed a 180-degree turn with
(HUFS). What is most interesting, is the
alumni. Past interviewees were members
mostremarkableyoungwriterwithhis
expect this capitalism will last, human
joining the Universal Copyright
fact that ¡°Dating on Sunday¡± is one the
of the Korea International Volunteer
worksdealinguniqueimagination,defiant
beingswillcontinueonsufferingandwill
Convention. In former days, publisher
longestrunningcolumnsinTheArgus.It
Association (KIVA), an organization for
attitude which does not follow
haveproblemsinsidethatcannotbeeasily
hurriedtotranslateforeignnovelsbecause
initially started by interviewing female
expanding opportunities of international
conventional rule in writing novel, flashy
solved.Mostofthemwillbeunhappy.Of
of the competition between other
HUFSans, because not many female
voluntary service, a stewardess, a
ideas having both of self-torture and
course, there are people who believe that
publishing companies. Afterwards, they
students attended college in those days.
member of United Nations Educational,
ridicule, weighty subject such as mortal
theworldwillbebetterbutactuallyIfeel
had times to make novels well, and their
Thus the article¡¯s heroines were usually
Scientific, and Cultural Organization
alienation, death, and isolation of modern
the world has been meager for the 10
competitive power became strong. The
women. Female students were asked
(UNESCO)andasinger,KwonJin-Won,
people. He started his activities with
years.
crisisofKoreanliteratureisasortofagap
countries.Theprocessisneededtoaccept
common questions about their families,
andUrinara.
¡°Meditation about mirror¡±. ¡°My right to
causedbyintroducingtheworksofforeign
whatweredonewellinothercountriesand
idealsoulmates,hobbiesandsoon.
Fourth, there were also students who
What do you pursue through your
ravage myself¡± won the first
bigstarwritersallatonce.
tomakeours.
A decade after the column¡¯s birth,
participateinactivitiesoutsideofschool.
Munhakdongne literary award as young
works?
¡°Dating on Sunday¡± began to ask male
Previous interviewees have been a
Overcomingcrisis.
Touniversitystudents
novelist in 1996 and received the current
Pursuingnothingisthecharacteristicof
studentswithdifferentkindsofquestions.
volunteerfortheSo-RokIslandNational
literary award with a short story ¡°Your
mynovels.IjustthinkthatIhavetowrite
Everyonewasopposedtochangedirect
Life is not free. The young generation
The main reason for the longevity of
HospitalServiceandateacherof¡°Sang-
tree¡± in 1999. Readers can find his latest
a good story. In this world, literature and
distribution of movie import at first. But,
wanttolivetooeasily,butthereisnothing
¡°DatingonSunday¡±isduetothefactthat
RokEveningSchool.¡±Alsotherewasan
work ¡°Black flower¡± now, and from this
art are most important. I think the world
now Korean movies¡¯ development has
toclearinthefuture.Nowfavorablejob¡¯s
theintervieweesarefriendly,intimateand
interpreterforthe2002WorldCupanda
semester, he gives lecture in the Korean
turnoutaccordingtoacertainstory.One¡¯s
rised from the competing with other high
future is also not bright. Then, you need
apartofHUFS.
winnerofMissKoreaasMissPacific.
NationalUniversityofArt.
life which the one expects to be tragical
level foreign movies. Like this
wisdom to design your life. You should
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of
Fifth, these interviewees are non-
will be tragic. A country, for example,
phenomenon, Korean literature is on the
decidetheprincipleoflifeandthewayto
The Argus, this article is dedicated to
studentmembersofHUFS.Theyusually
Howdidyoustarttowritenovels?
Israelis live according to the Old
way to development. Before, Korean
live.Ialreadytalkedinaradiobroadcast,I
introducingthevarietyofintervieweesof
workatHUFStoprovidebetterfacilities
From my young ages, I liked novel.
Testament, so they have a conscious that
novelists needed to win only between
recommend you, people in their 10s and
¡°Dating on Sunday.¡± The interviewees
andimprovetheuniversityforHUFSans.
Writing was natural for me without any
theyarethevictims.Thereforetheyliveas
Korean novelists. But, now they can sell
20s to do the works that cannot make
arecategorizedasthefollowing.
¡°Dating on Sunday¡± has interviewed a
special chance. If my works were not
suffererseventhoughtheyareactuallythe
their books after wining other foreign
money, cannot be help, and everybody
First, these interviewees are students
nutritionist in Imun Campus cafeteria, a
good,Iwouldhavefoundananotherjob,
injurers. Also, the U.S. has a history of
writers like Paulo Coelho and Milan
dissuade. You need to go in the direction
who play roles in representing their
driver of HUFS bus and a matron of a
buttheresultswerequitegood.
pioneers.Sotheydonothaveanysenseof
Kundera. Korean literature has no strong
of a meaningful way for yourself and
majors.Theyserveasthespokesmenfor
women¡¯s dormitory on Wang-san
guilty to attack other countries. Koreans
basic structure because it had been
everyonedoesnotpersuade.Dothiswork
their department. Among them, student
campus.
Your materials in fiction is very
have conscious of sufferer alike the two
protected in a greenhouse having barriers
with having a large mind from when you
presidents of their major or leaders for
¡°Dating on Sunday¡± has also
unique.Wheredidyougetthemotif?
cases. People are sensitive at being taken
of language. When it is compared with
areyoungandifyouwanttodothework,
related academic clubs appear plurally.
introduced whom most people view as
I don¡¯t think it is special. I just write
away such as the case of history of
foreign countries, its situation is more
readmanynovels.
Also,internteachersthatrepresentcertain
¡°ordinary students with unique
what comes into my head. For example,
Goguryeo,PaulHamm,andApoloAnton
serious. In case of Japan, they translate
educationdepartmentsareinterviewed.
character¡±.Thecolumnisspecialbecause
vampire or person who is struck by
Ohno. The problem is that people think
verywell,theyhavemanyinvestments,so
Thetimewithhimwasnotanordinary
Second,theseintervieweesarestudents
it gives everyone a chance to introduce
lightning are not used in literature like a
they do not recognize they are giving
they have world-level translation skills.
interview but great, fun and instructive
participating in the school¡¯s dongari.
themselvestootherHUFSansandfellow
implied promise, but I first wrote it.
damage because they think they are
Even though we do not have such great
lecture.Evenallofhisgreatspeecheswere
Through ¡°Dating on Sunday,¡± HUFSans
classmates.Asmentionedabove,through
MaybeitisdifferentthatIdon¡¯tletmany
alreadyvictims.Thewaytopersuadethem
environment, the growing young
not recorded, he knows many facts in
are introduced to various clubs that exist
¡°Dating on Sunday¡± any student has the
thoughtspassinmyheadandwriteit.
rightly and softly is by a story. A good
generation of writers will get ready for
various fields and has clear opinions.
at HUFS. Some of the HUFS¡¯ clubs
opportunitytoplayaheroine/heroroleof
writershouldpersuadewithagoodstories
international competitive power. Now,
Maybehecanbelistedasoneofthegreat
interviewed were Cine Ulim, Time,
apopularnewspapercolumn.
Manyreaderswhoreadyourworks
writtenwellandprofound.Iwanttowrite
goodworksofforeigncountriesarebeing
contemporarywriters.
Drama Society of HUFS, Alpine Club,
feelyouarepessimistic.Whatdoyou
a good story which can persuade people
translated simultaneously and read. The
HangGlidingClub,FencingClub,Skiing
ByLeeSang-hee
thinkaboutthisopinion?
well.
fastest way to develop some genre of
Club and the Mask Dance Club. In
ByJoHyun-mi
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IthinkIlookatthingsitis.Hopedoesn¡¯t
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addition, ¡°Dating on Sunday¡± introduces
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