“It is difficult to disturb the common usage of Korean that is bent to the perspective of a male-oriented society. Korean society is based on both a politics and history that have been disguised as a solid society of solid male poems, a solid written language, fixed rules of how to write literature, and a narrative language.” WritingHas BeensLiteratureLanguageDifficultCommonWrittenPerspectiveMalesNarrativeFixedBentKoreanUsageWritten Language Author:Kim Hyesoon
“I came to grotesque language in the patriarchal culture under the dictatorship. The body that was broken into pieces is a sick body. I put the disease of this world and my sick body together.” WorldBodyTogetherCultureLanguagePiecesThis WorldBrokenDiseaseSickDictatorshipGrotesque Author:Kim Hyesoon
“Poems are a dance of language that comes out when my body taps into the rhythm of language. Rhythm gets us naked and exposes our selves completely.” SelfBodyLanguageNakedRhythm Author:Kim Hyesoon
“Since the boundary of the world of poetry is fluid, the language in it is also fluid. Hence, the language that is outside of the poetry world, namely the language that is not the language of poetry, cannot go into the poetry world.” WorldLanguageBoundariesPoetry IsFluid Author:Kim Hyesoon
“The language of poetry is not stuck in place. Nothing can own language. I think, however, the genre of poetry itself is very feminine and motherly.” ThinkingLanguageStuckGenrePoetry IsFeminineMotherly Author:Kim Hyesoon
