How Long to Read Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk

How Long Does it Take to Read Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 47 minutes to read Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk by Dennis Wuerthner

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

One of the most important and celebrated works of premodern Korean prose fiction, Kŭmo sinhwa (New Tales of the Golden Turtle) is a collection of five tales of the strange artfully written in literary Chinese by Kim Sisŭp (1435–1493). Kim was a major intellectual and poet of the early Chosŏn dynasty (1392–1897), and this book is widely recognized as marking the beginning of classical fiction in Korea. The present volume features an extensive study of Kim and the Kŭmo sinhwa, followed by a copiously annotated, complete English translation of the tales from the oldest extant edition. The translation captures the vivaciousness of the original, while the annotations reveal the work’s complexity, unraveling the deep and diverse intertextual connections between the Kŭmo sinhwa and preceding works of Chinese and Korean literature and philosophy. The Kŭmo sinhwa can thus be read and appreciated as a hybrid work that is both distinctly Korean and Sino-centric East Asian. A translator’s introduction discusses this hybridity in detail, as well as the unusual life and tumultuous times of Kim Sisŭp; the Kŭmo sinhwa’s creation and its translation and transformation in early modern Japan and twentieth-century (especially North) Korea and beyond; and its characteristics as a work of dissent. Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk will be welcomed by Korean and East Asian studies scholars and students, yet the body of the work—stories of strange affairs, fantastic realms, seductive ghosts, and majestic but eerie beings from the netherworld—will be enjoyed by academics and non-specialist readers alike.

How long is Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk?

Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk by Dennis Wuerthner is 403 pages long, and a total of 101,959 words.

This makes it 136% the length of the average book. It also has 125% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 17 minutes to read Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk aloud.

What Reading Level is Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk?

Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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