The Seoul Joyce conference was a rare opportunity to survey the research trend of Joyce in Korea. As a result of the conference we plan to publish all-English issue of JJJ, which necessitated a review of its back numbers. JJJ has published 4 categories of essays: critical approaches using such modern critical theories as poststructuralist, feminist, and postcolonialist; textual explication as the procedure of close reading; naturalization which results from interpreting Joyce in the Korean cultural context and translating his complete works; comparative works with Korean novelists and Western writers. But we still await essays on Joyce-relevant semiotics, psychoanalysis, Marxism, and other critical theories, along with more striding interdisciplinary discussions as opposed to innocent allusive researches. Hopefully comparative works with current Korean writers will be encouraged as well. |