0504 韩国史诗级教科书：我只是在描述普通女子的一生

May.04·2020

The heroine of this Korean bestseller is extremely ordinary.That’s the point.

Kim Jiyoung,the exceptionally average protagonist of Cho Nam-Joo's novel,is33,living on the outskirts of Seoul with her husband and infant daughter.She is exhausted by the monotony of cooking,cleaning and child-rearing,and vaguely resentful that she gave up her job at a marketing agency.

There's nothing especially dramatic about her story,which is precisely Cho's point.Cho wrote"Kim Jiyoung"in2015.At the time, misogynistic trolls were becoming a greater presence online. Derogatory slang targeting housewives,like the term"mum-roach," was becoming more prevalent.

"I wanted to write about issues that women could not speak about before,because they were taken for granted,"Cho said last month during a Skype interview."I wanted to make this into a public debate."

Her strategy worked.When"Kim Jiyoung,Born1982,"was published in Korea in2016,it was received as a cultural call to arms. Celebrated and criticized in almost equal measure,the novel ignited a nationwide conversation about gender inequality.K-pop stars like

Sooyoung of Girls'Generation and RM of BTS praised it,delivering a major publicity boost.A politician with the left-wing Justice Party gave a copy to President Moon Jae-in with a note imploring him to look after women like Kim Jiyoung.

Along with praise,the novel generated a backlash among men who opposed Cho's feminist message.A crowdfunding effort began to support a parody book titled"Kim Ji-hun Born in1990,"about a young Korean man who faces reverse discrimination for being male. Cho never expected it to drive such extreme reactions."My novel made people speak out,"she said."The novel became more complete thanks to the readers themselves."

主编：毛西、阿树

品控：毛西

审核：Lala

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完成学习

2020年5月04日

韩国史诗级畅销书：“我只是在描述平凡女性的一生”

今日导读

“由衷期盼世上每一个女儿，都可以怀抱更远大、更无限的梦想。”这是韩国畅销书《82年生的金智英》的引言。韩国女作家赵南柱的这本小说出版后就引起社会轰动，受到不少明星强烈推荐，后被改编成电影，由孔刘、郑裕美主演，再次引发“金智英热”。这本书到底有什么魅力，能够受到那么多人追捧？小说背后映射的，又是怎样的社会问题？今天，就让我们和毛西老师一起走进82年生的金智英的人生。

带着问题听讲解

如何理解exceptionally average这个词组中的反差？

《82年生的金智英》的女主人公平平无奇，作者用意何在？

什么是parody？parody book又是怎样的书？

正文

The heroine of this Korean bestseller is extremely ordinary.That's the point.

这本韩国畅销书的女主人公普通至极——这正是重点

Kim Jiyoung,the exceptionally average protagonist of Cho Nam-Joo's novel,is33,living on the outskirts of Seoul with her husband and infant daughter.She is exhausted by the monotony of cooking,cleaning and child-rearing,and vaguely resentful that she gave up her job at a marketing agency.