May 05, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tatiana Gabroussenko

Tatiana Gabroussenko

Tatiana Gabroussenko obtained her PhD in East Asian Studies at the Australian National University. She is currently a professor of North Korean studies at Korea University, Seoul. Her latest book, "Soldiers on the Cultural Front: Developments in the Early History of North Korean Literature and Literary Policy," was included in the Choice magazine list of Outstanding Academic Titles of 2012.

Evergreen

Why Soviet translators in the 1960s hated North Korean literature

Russian experts found little to like in the poor quality of the DPRK's fiction

Tatiana GabroussenkoTatiana GabroussenkoJanuary 26, 2017
Evergreen

Just war? How North Korea portrayed the Korean War

Early depictions of the conflict emphasized stoic bravery in the face of the "Yankee" invaders

Tatiana GabroussenkoTatiana GabroussenkoDecember 12, 2016
Evergreen

Glasnost? The early years of culture in post-war North Korea

How Kim Il Sung lured intellectuals to North Korea - and purged them

Tatiana GabroussenkoTatiana GabroussenkoNovember 10, 2016
Analysis

Song’un Cinema: Love and militarism in N. Korean film

North Korean films extol the virtues of marrying as a duty to the state

Tatiana GabroussenkoTatiana GabroussenkoSeptember 23, 2016
Analysis

Kim Jong Il: The man who brought love to North Korea’s silver screen

Romance in movies and books was strictly prohibited under leadership of Kim Il Sung

Tatiana GabroussenkoTatiana GabroussenkoAugust 2, 2016
Analysis

No sex please, we’re in a North Korean movie

Far from revolutionary, cinema and lit in Kim Il Sung’s time was extremely conservative with romance

Tatiana GabroussenkoTatiana GabroussenkoJuly 3, 2016
Analysis

Hong Gil-dong: Korean classics on North Korean screens

Adapting classic folk tales using Juche-approved themes placed filmmakers in awkward positions

Tatiana GabroussenkoTatiana GabroussenkoJune 6, 2016
Analysis

Kim Jong Un and the children: developing ‘their own way’

The third Kim pays special attention to children in fiction, rewarding a surprising individuality

Tatiana GabroussenkoTatiana GabroussenkoApril 29, 2016
Analysis

How North Korean writings rationalize Kim Jong Un’s leadership style

Stories about the ‘failures,’ and lessons, of specialists explain Kim’s decision-making

Tatiana GabroussenkoTatiana GabroussenkoMarch 22, 2016
Analysis

The good – but not too good – Japanese of N.Korean mass culture

The late 1980s saw the movement of the ‘good foreigner,’ including from Japan, in Northern works

Tatiana GabroussenkoTatiana GabroussenkoFebruary 17, 2016
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