A Choleric Lear : Humoralism and Malleable Identity in King Lear

( Park¸ Eonjoo ) 대한영어영문학회 2021 영어영문학연구 Vol.47 No.3

This article examines the character of Lear with the early modern medical scheme of Galenic humoralism. I argue that the dual emphasis on health and temperament in humoral theory allows us insight into Lear’s rashness, wrath, and madness not only as illness but also as different phases of his choleric identity. Humoralism also posits physical connections between the body and nature, which enable a malleable concept of identity. This belief helps us to understand how Lear’s identity is constantly formed and reformed in response to his immediate environment and social conditions. The tempest scenes, then, not only metaphorically represent Lear’s inner turmoil, but literally stage Lear’s recognition and acceptance of the state of flux that defines his choleric identity. (Jeonbuk National University)

Violence and Commitment in Edward Bond’s Lear

Park, Eonjoo 한국현대영미드라마학회 2020 현대영미드라마 Vol.33 No.1

This article presents the triangular relationship between the “aggro-effect” of violence that Edward Bond intends to instill in his rational theater, his dramatic work, Lear, and his position as a committed artist. Bond brings his theories of theater and violence to bear on his rewriting of Shakespeare’s King Lear by dramatizing how his version of Lear confronts violence and how its aggro-effect enables Lear’s enlightenment and change. In this way, Bond’s Lear displays and enacts the aggro-effect of violence through its very characterization of Lear. Bond’s technical employment of violence reveals his unique position as a committed artist. By carefully orchestrating violence in the theatrical situation, Bond values the vitality and interactivity that the public space of theater uniquely offers as a core element of commitment. Through interweaving the idea of commitment and the genre of drama, Bond’s explicit representation of violence does not fall into the uncritical consumption of vulgar excitement, but rather becomes the material for the audience to use to raise their consciousness and change their perceptions.

“[N]umberless wonders”: The Oscillation between Wonder and Sympathy in Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko

Park, Eonjoo(박언주) 새한영어영문학회 2020 새한영어영문학 Vol.62 No.3

This essay addresses the critical disagreement over the boundaries of sympathy in Oroonoko. Depending on the scope of sympathy, Oroonoko has been described as both a proto-abolitionist text and a protocolonial document. Rather than placing the text in these two opposing categories, this article suggests that Aphra Behn’s rhetorical technique of bringing two contrasting emotions, wonder and sympathy, into the realm of reading practice fundamentally renders the spectrum of sympathy indeterminable. Behn endeavors to reconcile wonder and sympathy, despite their conceptual differences, by redefining what is seemingly extraordinary and wondrous as familiar, relatable, and thus sympathetic. This strategy, while obscuring the boundary of sympathy, still informs Behn’s engagement with constructing her text. She invites her readers to turn wonder into a ground for sympathy, but also creates a contradiction at the center of her project, where for Oroonoko to be made familiar, he needs to be conceived as aesthetically marvelous.

문화 분석: 연구 글쓰기 과제에서 자기주도감 확립하기

박언주 ( Eonjoo Park ) 인문사회 21 2023 인문사회 21 Vol.14 No.1

연구 목적: 이 연구의 목적은 학생들이 연구 글쓰기 과제를 수행하면서 자기주도감을 확립할 수 있는 실행 가능한 방식으로 영화, TV 프로그램, 문학작품, 소셜 미디어 등의 문화 영역을 분석하는 영어 글쓰기 과제를 제시하는 것이다. 연구 방법: 필자가 미국의 한 리서치 중심 대학에서 수행한 1학년 글쓰기 수업에서 문화 분석을 실시한 사례를 소개한다. 연구 내용: 자기주도감에 관한 문헌 연구를 통해 학생들이 독창적인 연구 글쓰기 과제를 수행하려면 외부의 권위자들에 의존하지 않고도 지식을 만들어낼 수 있다는 인식의 전환이 필요함을 알 수 있었다. 또한 소개된 예시를 통해 문화 분석은 1차 자료에 대한 학생들의 해석 자체가 글의 근간이 되었기 때문에, 해당 수업의 학생들이 2차 자료에 의존하지 않고 독창적으로 연구 과제를 수행할 수 있었다는 점을 확인했다. 결론 및 제언: 문화 분석은 EFL 학생들이 학술 영어 글쓰기를 습득할 수 있는 하나의 학습 모델로도 사용될 수 있다. The purpose of this study is to suggest an English writing assignment that analyzes cultural areas such as film, TV shows, literature, or social media as a viable path for students to establish self-authorship through their own research writing projects. This article introduces an example where I implemented cultural analysis in my first-year composition class conducted at an R1 research university in the U.S.A. Studies on self-authorship allow us to understand that what is needed for students to produce an original research writing project is a perceptual shift: knowledge can be constructed without depending on external authorities. Through the example, this study confirmed that students were able to rely less on secondary sources and fulfill their original research projects because, in cultural analysis, their interpretations of primary materials were the backbone of their writing. Cultural analysis can also be utilized as a learning model for EFL students to acquire academic English writing.

Detecting mpox infection in the early epidemic: an epidemiologic investigation of the third and fourth cases in Korea

Taeyoung Kim,Eonjoo Park,Jun Suk Eun,Eun-young Lee,Ji Won Mun,Yunsang Choi,Shinyoung Lee,Hansol Yeom,Eunkyoung Kim,Jongmu Kim,Jihyun Choi,Jinho Ha,Sookkyung Park 한국역학회 2023 Epidemiology and Health Vol.45 No.-

OBJECTIVES: As few mpox cases have been reported in Korea, we aimed to identify the characteristics of mpox infection by describing our epidemiologic investigation of a woman patient (index patient, the third case in Korea) and a physician who was infected by a needlestick injury (the fourth case). METHODS: We conducted contact tracing and exposure risk evaluation through interviews with these 2 patients and their physicians and contacts, as well as field investigations at each facility visited by the patients during their symptomatic periods. We then classified contacts into 3 levels according to their exposure risk and managed them to minimize further transmission by recommending quarantine and vaccination for post-exposure prophylaxis and monitoring their symptoms. RESULTS: The index patient had sexual contact with a man foreigner during a trip to Dubai, which was considered the probable route of transmission. In total, 27 healthcare-associated contacts across 7 healthcare facilities and 9 community contacts were identified. These contacts were classified into high (7 contacts), medium (9 contacts), and low (20 contacts) exposure risk groups. One high-risk contact was identified as a secondary patient: a physician who was injured while collecting specimens from the index patient. CONCLUSIONS: The index patient visited several medical facilities due to progressive symptoms prior to isolation. Although the 2022 mpox epidemic mainly affected young men, especially men who have sex with men, physicians should also consider mpox transmission in the general population for the timely detection of mpox-infected patients.

Impact of COVID-19 on human immunodeficiency virus tests, new diagnoses, and healthcare visits in the Republic of Korea: a retrospective study from 2016 to 2021

Kim Yeonju,Park Eonjoo,Jung Yoonhee,Kim Koun,Kim Taeyoung,Kim Hwa Su 질병관리청 2024 Osong Public Health and Research Persptectives Vol.15 No.4

Objectives: Public health workers have been at the forefront of treating patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and managing the pandemic. The redeployment of this workforce has limited or interrupted other public health services, including testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study aims to examine the impact of COVID-19 on HIV testing and diagnosis in the Republic of Korea from 2016 to 2021, comparing data before and after the onset of COVID-19.Methods: Annual HIV testing data were collected from each institution through direct communication or from open-source databases. The annual number of new HIV cases was obtained from the official report of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. Data on healthcare visits for HIV diagnosis or treatment were extracted from the open-source database of the National Insurance Health Service of Korea. Interrupted time series regression was conducted, stratified by institution type.Results: In 2020, HIV tests, diagnoses, and visits decreased. Notably, public health centers experienced a substantial reduction in 2020−2021 compared to previous years. The annual percentage change in HIV tests was −53.0%, while for HIV diagnoses, it was −31.6%. The decrease in visits for HIV was also most pronounced for public facilities: −33.3% in 2020 and −45.6% in 2021 relative to 2019.Conclusion: The numbers of tests, diagnoses, and healthcare visits for HIV at public health centers in the Republic of Korea substantially decreased in 2020 and 2021. The impacts of these changes on the early diagnosis and treatment of HIV necessitate further monitoring.

아파트 금연구역 지정 제도의 운영 현황과 확산 방안에 관한 질적 연구

황지은 ( Hwang Jieun ),박언주 ( Park Eonjoo ),조성일 ( Cho Sung-il ) 한국보건사회연구원 2019 保健社會硏究 Vol.39 No.3

공동주택 내 간접흡연으로 인한 이웃 간의 분쟁을 해결하고 간접흡연의 피해를 방지하고자 공동주택 거주자 2분의 1 이상이 그 공동주택의 복도, 계단, 엘리베이터, 지하주차장 4곳 전부 또는 4곳 중 일부가 금연구역으로 지정되는 것에 동의하면 금연구역으로 지정되는 제도가 2016년 9월 시행되었다. 그러나 현재까지 전국 5% 미만(2018년 6월기준)의 공동주택이 금연구역으로 지정되어 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 공동주택 금연구역지정 제도의 확산 방안을 모색하고자 아파트 관리 운영 주체인 관리소장 등 총 11명을 대상으로 심층 면담을 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 금연아파트 지정은 간접흡연 피해 주민의 건의 또는 흡연 민원 해결을 위해 관리사무소 측에서 제안하면서 시작되는 것으로 나타났다. 아파트 관리소장들은 아파트 금연구역 제도 도입 후 공용구간에서의 흡연 감소, 간접흡연 피해 개선 등 긍정적인 효과뿐만 아니라 세대 내 흡연으로 주민 간 갈등이 심화 되었다는 부정적인 평가 의견도 제시하였다. 지역사회 전반에 공동주택 금연구역지정 제도의 성공적인 확산과 정착을 위해서는 제도 개편, 대국민 홍보 실시, 층간흡연문제 해소 등 국가 차원의 해결 방안 마련과 적절한 단속과 처벌 등 지역사회 노력이 요구되며 이는 입주민의 적극적인 협조와 흡연자의 제도 순응이 동반되어야 한다. Most people in South Korea live in collective housing such as apartments, rather than in detached homes, and the issue of smoking in common areas is often controversial among residents. Since September 2016, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu, a local government leader, has been authorized to designate all or a section of the hallways, stairways, elevators, or underground parking garages of collective housing buildings as smoke-free areas if at least one-half of the households residing in the buildings agree to the restrictions. Nonetheless, as of June 2018, fewer than 5% of collective housing buildings have implemented designated smoke-free areas. Therefore, this study aimed to determine ways to expand the designation of smoke-free areas in collective housing buildings, focusing specifically on apartments. We conducted in-depth interviews with 11 apartment building managers and analyzed the results using content analysis. Proposals to create smoke-free areas in apartment buildings were proposed by either residents who suffered from secondhand smoke inhalation or by managers seeking to resolve residents' complaints about smoking. According to our results, after these proposals received the required approvals and were implemented, smoking in public areas was reduced, but smoking in individual apartments increased, intensifying the conflict among residents. In this context, national-, community-, and individual-level efforts are needed to expand smoke-free areas in collective housing buildings. Additionally, educational campaigns and initiatives to prevent tobacco smoking in collective housing buildings are also needed.