A. Discuss the ways in which cultural and social perceptions of New Women in Korea had changed
from the 1920s into the 1940s as is shown in the stories such as Kim Won-ju’s Awakening (1926)
and Yi Sang’s The Wings (1936), and the documentary film about the dancer Choi Seung-hee
(1930s-1940s) and Yang Chu-nam’s public information film, Sweet Dream (1936).
B. How does Emily Yoon and Ch’oe Yun respectively approach the historical trauma and
marginalization of women in Korea? How are the two writers similar and how do they differ?
And in what ways? Support your argument with examples from their writings, lectures, and
discussions.
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