The Martyred (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eun-Kook Kim
- First Published: 1964
- Type of Plot: War
- Time of Work: June, 1950-May, 1951
- Setting: Korea
- Principal Characters: Captain Lee, The Reverend Mr. Shin, Captain Indoe Park, Colonel Chang, The Reverend Mr. Hann, Chaplain Koh, Major Minn, Major Jung
- Genres: Long fiction, Existential literature, War fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Communism or communists, Asia or Asians, Christianity, Faith, Existentialism, Martyrs or martyrdom, Korea or Koreans, Civil wars, Korean War
- Locales: Korea
The Novel
The title of The Martyred refers to twelve North Korean Christian ministers who are shot to death by Korean Communists early in the first year of the Korean War. Intelligence officers of the South Korean forces seek to establish, for propaganda purposes, that the ministers died as true martyrs in defiance of their captors’ attempts to win their allegiance to Communism. The narrative develops two movements in counterpoint; one is physical and historical, the other psychological and spiritual.
The historical movement is the first year of the Korean War....
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