Abstract
This essay examines the last Korean silent film, A Public Prosecutor and a Teacher. Relying on a cultural fantasy of the "sonorous envelope," this project showcases how this film emblematizes the constitution of Korean modern subjectivity within the convoluted political situation after Korea's national liberation in 1945.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 181-195 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Popular Film and Television |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Oct 2013 |
Keywords
- Colonial memory
- Early film spectatorship
- Modern subjectivity
- The off-screen narrator (byunsa)
- The sonorous envelope
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