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Silvery World (Korean: 은세계) is a Korean novel published by Lee Injik^[1] in 1908, categorized as sinsoseol, or new novel.^[2] By depicting how a wealthy farmer gets killed by a venal official, it denounces the corrupt feudal system of the late Joseon dynasty. The author wrote it with a plan to adapt it into a play from the beginning, and it was performed in Wongaksa^[3] as the first Korean sinyeongeuk, or new play.

^ Lee Injik (1862–1916) was a Korean writer. He is famous for being the first and best sinsoseol writer. He argued that Joseon has to be enlightened, through a variety of media including editorials and sinsoseol. His insistence on enlightenment naturally led to his pro-Japanese actions. ("Lee Injik," Wikipedia Korea, accessed November 26, 2019, https://ko.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?q=%EC%9D%B4%EC%9D%B8%EC%A7%81.)
^ Sinsosoel, literally "new novel," refers to the type of novels that were mostly published in the 1900s–1910s. During those years, the word "novel" did not have a precise definition. A number of texts that cannot be considered a novel by today's standards were published with such a label. The phrase "new novel" was used to merely emphasize the 'newness,' as a rhetorical expression, in the time when the word "novel" used to signify different things. Later, in the 1930s when the history of modern Korean literature began to be written, the expression was used to underline the literary value of the series of novels published from the 1900s to the 1910s and to indicate their special characteristics that represent the time period. New novels have three features: first, they deal with the problems that exist in reality unlike the traditional fictions; second, they encourage civilization and emphasize the importance of enlightenment; third, they attempt to eliminate the influence of the Chinese language and write fluent Korean. (Kim Yeongmin, Formation of the Literary System and National Language as to Modern Korean Literature (Seoul: Somyung Books, 2012), 259–299.)
^ Wongaksa is known as the first privately owned theater built in the Western style. It was located at the spot where Saemoonan Church now stands, in Jongno-gu. ("Wongaksa," Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, accessed November 26, 2019, https://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2461051&cid=46664&categoryId=46664.)

[1] Lee Injik (1862–1916) was a Korean writer. He is famous for being the first and best sinsoseol writer. He argued that Joseon has to be enlightened, through a variety of media including editorials and sinsoseol. His insistence on enlightenment naturally led to his pro-Japanese actions. ("Lee Injik," Wikipedia Korea, accessed November 26, 2019, https://ko.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?q=%EC%9D%B4%EC%9D%B8%EC%A7%81.)

[2] Sinsosoel, literally "new novel," refers to the type of novels that were mostly published in the 1900s–1910s. During those years, the word "novel" did not have a precise definition. A number of texts that cannot be considered a novel by today's standards were published with such a label. The phrase "new novel" was used to merely emphasize the 'newness,' as a rhetorical expression, in the time when the word "novel" used to signify different things. Later, in the 1930s when the history of modern Korean literature began to be written, the expression was used to underline the literary value of the series of novels published from the 1900s to the 1910s and to indicate their special characteristics that represent the time period. New novels have three features: first, they deal with the problems that exist in reality unlike the traditional fictions; second, they encourage civilization and emphasize the importance of enlightenment; third, they attempt to eliminate the influence of the Chinese language and write fluent Korean. (Kim Yeongmin, Formation of the Literary System and National Language as to Modern Korean Literature (Seoul: Somyung Books, 2012), 259–299.)

[3] Wongaksa is known as the first privately owned theater built in the Western style. It was located at the spot where Saemoonan Church now stands, in Jongno-gu. ("Wongaksa," Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, accessed November 26, 2019, https://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2461051&cid=46664&categoryId=46664.)

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