Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts - 2023 /Volume 34 Number 2 - NEWTROSPECTION - Paperback

by Jfa (Author)

Contents

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Introduction

Newtrospection: Reverse-Engineering Modernity in South Korean Speculative Fiction

Sang-Keun Yoo

A Radical Future: Gender and Science Fiction in Contemporary Korean Literature

Ji-Eun Lee

Two Can Play This Squid Game: The Japanese Entanglements of South Korean Speculative Fiction

Se Young Kim

Becoming a Ghost: Newtrospective Representation of Historical Violence Through Virtual Reality Media in Gina Kim's Bloodless

Sang-Keun Yoo

Life Reset: Resisting Gamified Life in South Korean Speculative Webtoons

Sang Eun Eunice Lee

Design Fiction

Excerpts from an Anti-Standardized "수능" A Design-Fictional Approach to Korea

Seo-Young Chu

"Genre Narratives Are Powerful Tools to Illustrate the Beauty of an Unfamiliar World" Haerin Shin's Interview with SF novelist Bo-Young Kim

Translated by Sang-Keun Yoo

"Those Left on Earth Are Equally Significant" Sang-Keun Yoo's Interview with Space Sweepers Director Sung-hee Jo

Translated by Sang-Keun Yoo

"This Inexplicable Complexity That Underscores Our Humanity" Sang-Keun Yoo's Interview With The School Nurse Files Director Kyoung-mi Lee

Translated by Sang-Keun Yoo

REVIEWS

Cli-Fi, Noir, and The Nonhuman Subject in Netflix's The Silent Sea (2021)

Rev. by Katrina Younes