Our nation, with an exceptionally strong sense of blood relation, have cherished family and sought to gain happiness through family. Family has been regarded as both the beginning and end of life. This sub-conscious attitude towards family has been ne...
Our nation, with an exceptionally strong sense of blood relation, have cherished family and sought to gain happiness through family. Family has been regarded as both the beginning and end of life. This sub-conscious attitude towards family has been necessarily echoed in literary works, for in the Korean literature stability and happiness of family is perceived as the ultimate ideal. A happy family, however, remains as an idea, and in the reality families go through tribulations because of conflicts within the family and with its surroundings.