5/10/2023 0 Comments Handmaiden sarah watersAt the same time, Fingersmith’s themes are used to explore colonialism and the oppression of the Korean people. The original source’s themes of gender politics and pornography in the Victorian-era are used to comment on homophobia and female oppression in contemporary South Korea. By taking The Handmaiden as case study, the thesis discusses one of the most famed Korean films. In turn, these topics and other Korean elements are used to make the adaptation more familiar for the Korean public. Focusing mostly on 21st century cinema, it is argued that South Korean filmmakers use Western sources to comment on Korea’s colonial history or to voice an opinion on current affairs. The thesis goes back to the roots of adapting Western sources in Korea and looks at the context that these adaptations have been created in. Adapting Western Literature in Korea reviews the exploration of colonialism and gender politics in Korean adaptations of Western literature and genres using the case study of The Handmaiden (2016), adapted from Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith (2002).
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