East Asian Literature Reading and Writing

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Cho Se-hui “Knifeblade” [Fulton/Kwon 215-232];

Please answer each question in numbering format with 300~ words each.
1. How would you evaluate the narrative structure in “Knifeblade”? For instance, how does it integrate newspaper headlines and television soap opera dialogues into the plotline? Do you feel that it has any impact on the mood and the theme of the story?
2. “For you kids, there isn’t a country to save anymore,” states Shinae (p. 225). What motivates her to say this? Consider the year in which this story is written.
3. Where is the dwarf from? Compare and contrast the dwarf with other characters that we have read for the class.
4. Shinae, who seems to be an ordinary housewife, surprises us because she chooses to use violence. Shinae seems to depart from other characters thus far considered in class. Did you feel that this was a sudden turnaround of events? Did you feel that her use of violence was justified?

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