CONTEMPORARY SITUATION AND PERSPECTIVE OF TRANSLATION OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN KOREA

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to analyze the contemporary situation of translation of Russian Literature in Korea since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and Russia in 1990. The following aspects were taken into account: historic periods, authors, and genres, comparison with translations of literature from the USA, France, Germany and Japan was made. The study has shown that translated works of the XIX centuary Russian Literature constitute about 57 % of all translations, as for the genre, translations of novels amount to 85 %. It can be concluded that special measures should be taken to enlarge the spectrum of translated works of various genres and authors other than the XIX century, in order to present an objective and appropriate image of Russia and Russian culture in Korea