CONTENTS

Editor¡¯s Corner
Asia at the Crossroad
_Bang Hyeon-seok£üROK


Special Contribution
Japan after March 11th
_Kang Sang-jung£üROK


The Contemporary chinese Literature Landscape Through Writers
Soaring Mo
_Yan£üChina

Mr. Liu, The Township Head
_Yan Lianke£üChina

A Jug of Lard
_Chi Zijian£üChina

Ephemeral Life
_Zhu Wenying£üChina


Critique
Death by Desire in the Modern Age A critical evaluation of three novels:
Kingdom of Dionysus (Yan Mo), Lived (Lianke Yan) and Brothers (Hua Yu)
_Liu Zaifu£üChina

Warm Hearts, Distant Eyes A review of Jar of Lard and Life as a Dream
_Wu Yiqin£üChina

Cultural Characteristics of Traditional Literature from the Perspective of Global Comparative Literature
_Wang Xiangyuan£üChina


Discussion
Contemporary Chinese Literature
_ Lee Wook-yon£üROK
_ Kim Soon-jin£üROK
_Jung Eun-kyoung£üROK
_Lee Kyung-jae£üROK
_Moon Hyoun-sun£üROK


Asia Through Myths
The Yellow Emperor and Chi You
Legend of the Jiuxianquiao Bridge
Legend of the Tomb of a Princess


Asian Cities and Literaturem¤ÑBeijing
Imagining the city I live in
_Xi Chuan£üChina

Center, Story, Beijing
_kim In-suk£üROK

In Search of Fall in Beijing
_Wang Tong£üChina


Poem
The Sound of You and more
_Xi Chuan£üChina

Love is my weakness and more
_Shim Bo-Seon£üROK

The Birds and more
_Gompildoo Munkhtsetseg£üMongol

My Sister Rachana and more
_Sarith Peou£üCambodia

Yaman and more
_Cheran£üSri Lanka