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Williams, Pearl (2024)

Kim Jiyoung, one story told twice: a critical comparison between the 2016 novel Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 and its 2019 film adaptation

Bachelor thesis | Koreastudies (BA)

This thesis explores the discrepancies between the 2016 South Korean novel Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 and its 2019 film adaptation. It contextualises the changes made to the plotline and narrative and frames these within feminist history and activism and the socioeconomical and political values in South Korean society. By first exploring the development of feminist discourse and the changes feminist activism has seen from 2015 onwards, we create a frame in which the book and film can be contextualised. After which follow both Korean feminist literature and cinema and their historical significance and the place they have in society and mainstream media. In the analysis we explore the implications of the different narratives the book and film have and what these choices aim to convey. I also assess the limitations these plot changes have, perhaps inadvertently, in the message they are expressing. This thesis concludes with arguments regarding both the novel and the book and how their...Show moreThis thesis explores the discrepancies between the 2016 South Korean novel Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 and its 2019 film adaptation. It contextualises the changes made to the plotline and narrative and frames these within feminist history and activism and the socioeconomical and political values in South Korean society. By first exploring the development of feminist discourse and the changes feminist activism has seen from 2015 onwards, we create a frame in which the book and film can be contextualised. After which follow both Korean feminist literature and cinema and their historical significance and the place they have in society and mainstream media. In the analysis we explore the implications of the different narratives the book and film have and what these choices aim to convey. I also assess the limitations these plot changes have, perhaps inadvertently, in the message they are expressing. This thesis concludes with arguments regarding both the novel and the book and how their different plot lines convey different narratives.Show less

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

feminist literature

feminist cinema

gender roles

patriarchy

Author

Williams, Pearl

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Supervisors

Tilland, B.

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en