Opening Literature 1

Hyun Jin-geon's "Binche"
Hyun Jin-geon's "Grandmother's Death"
Yeom Sang-seop's "Mansejeon"
Choi Seo-hae's "The Death of Park Dol"
Jeon Yeong-taek's "Flowerpot"
Lee Tae-jun's "Moonlit Night"
Kim Dong-in's "Gwanghwasa"
Kim Yoo-jung's "Rice Cake"
Gye Yong-muk's "Idiot Adada"
Kim Yoo-jung's "Spring Spring"
This is "Wings"
Lee Geun-young's "Farmer"
Lee Hyo-seok, "When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom"
Park Hwa-seong, "People Without a Hometown"
Hyun Deok "Namsaengi"
Lee Tae-jun's "Paegangrang"
Kim Sa-ryang's "Into the Light"

Opening Literature 2

Lee Tae-jun's "Stone Bridge"
Chae Man-sik's "Rice Story"
Chae Man-sik's "The Strange Teacher"
Hwang Sun-won's "Shower"
Kim Seong-han's "Barbie Do"
Sunwoo Hwi's "Fireworks"
Ha Geun-chan's "Sunanidae"
Lee Beom-seon's "Misfire"
Jeon Gwang-yong "Kkeoppi-tan Lee"
Lee Ho-cheol's "Worn Out Flesh"
Lee Ho-cheol, "1965, at a Barbershop"
Kim Jeong-han's "Sandbar Story"
Seo Jeong-in's "River"

Opening Literature 3

Oduk "Pheasant"
Gu In-hwan's "The Myth of the Mountain"
Kim Won-il's "Soul of Darkness"
Yoon Heung-gil, "Sheep"
Park Wan-seo's "Camera and Walker"
Lee Beom-seon's "Broken Door"
Lee Cheong-jun's "Yeon"
Lee Cheong-jun's "The Light of Sound"
Moon Soon-tae's "The Sound of the Gong"
Jeon Sang-guk's "Tears of an Idol"
Choi Soo-chul's "Castles in the Sky"
Jeon Sang-guk's "Goryeojang"
Im Cheol-woo's "Sapyeong Station"
Yoon Jeong-mo's "Night Road"

Opening Literature 4

Yang Gui-ja: "On rainy days, you have to go to Garibong-dong."
Choi Il-nam, "Flowing Drums"
Lee Mun-gu's "Yujasojeon"
Oh Jeong-hee, "Noise Pollution"
Park Wan-seo's "That Woman's House"
Kim So-jin, "Black Jar in the Snowman"
Park Sang-ryul, "The One and Only Poetry Collection in the World"
Kim Jae-young's "Flower Palladium Boat"
Seong Seok-je, "A Painting of the Himalayas by Me"
Kim Ae-ran's "A Dignified Life"
Seong Seok-je, "Weeding Uncle Wife's Grave"
Seo Yu-mi "Snowman"
Lee Sang-kwon, "The Squirrel Raised by a Cat"
Choi Eun-young, "Xin Zhao, Xin Zhao"

Opening Literature 5

Voltaire, "Janot and Colin"
Washington Irving, "The Fat Gentleman"
Alphonse Daudet, "The Stars"
Alphonse Daudet, "The Secret of Cornille"
Anton Chekhov's "Chameleon"
Mark Twain's "The Million Pound Note"
O. Henry's "The Witch's Bread"
Thomas Mann's "Railroad Accident"
Hermann Hesse's "The Peacock Moth"
John Galsworthy, "The Goods"
James Joyce, "Ivy Day in the Office"
Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "Rashomon"
Sinclair Lewis, "Willow Lane"
Katherine Mansfield's "Garden Party"
Heinrich Böll, "My Sad Face"
Nadine Gordimer, "The Train from Rhodesia"
Albert Camus, "The Mute"
Siegfried Lenz, "Friend of the Government"
Chinua Achebe, "My Father's Consent for the Marriage"
R.
K. Narayan, "45 Rupees a Month"

Opening Literature 6

Kim Si-seup, "The Story of Lee Saeng-gyu"
Unknown author, "Winning War"
Cho Wi-han's "Choi Cheok Jeon"
Kim Man-jung's "Sassi Namjeonggi"
Unknown author, "Onggojipjeon"
Unknown author, "The Tale of Lee Chun-pung"
Park Ji-won, "The Story of Chaste Women of the Hamyang Park Clan"
Park Ji-won, "The Story of Mr. Yedeok"
Hyegyeonggung Hong's "Hanjungnok"
Anonymous author of "The Dream of a Gangster"
Unknown author, "Sukhyangjeon"
Unknown author, "The Story of Yu Chung-ryeol"
Imjinrok (Author Unknown)
Unknown author, "Bait War"
Unknown author "The Tale of Jeon Woochi"
Unknown author "Chunhyangjeon"
Honggyewoljeon, author unknown
Nam Yeong-ro's "Okrumong"

From classical Korean novels to modern Korean novels and world-famous novels.
Let's get a glimpse of the diverse works through the [Opening Literature] series!

The literary anthology series [(My First Literature Class) Opening Literature] (6 volumes in total) has been published by Spoon Book, which includes a selection of Korean classic novels, world short stories, and modern Korean novels from the birth of modern novels in Korea to the present day, works included in middle and high school Korean language textbooks for the 2015 curriculum, works tested on the college entrance exam, and works worthy of being remembered in literary history.


If you enjoy reading literary works, you will understand the textbook literature in one go.

The [Opening Literature] series consists of a total of six volumes.
Volumes 1-4 are the best modern Korean novels, Volume 5 is the best world classic novels, and Volume 6 is the best classic Korean novels. By selecting representative works in each field and listing them in chronological order of publication, the book was planned to allow readers to understand not only the uniqueness of each work but also the flow of literary history.
Additionally, each work was modified to match modern spacing for readability, but the original text was preserved as much as possible without damaging the use of contemporary vocabulary and the author's individual expressions. In the case of vocabulary that requires additional interpretation, footnotes were provided to supplement the understanding of the meaning.
Especially in the current situation where the importance of nuclear power plants is emphasized, such materials help immerse oneself in the work by vividly recreating the situation at the time.
And detailed additional explanations for vocabulary that is difficult to understand will effectively enhance understanding of the work.

Includes 96 Eastern and Western novels aligned with the revised textbooks.

The 96 works in [Opening Literature] have already been recognized for their literary and artistic qualities and have been included in textbooks or tested on the College Scholastic Ability Test and mock exams conducted by the Evaluation Institute.
It includes works by representative Korean literary authors such as Kim Yu-jeong, Lee Tae-jun, Lee Sang, Park Ji-won, and Kim Si-seup, as well as works by world-renowned authors such as Mark Twain, O. Henry, and Albert Camus, as well as works by young authors such as Kim Ae-ran, Choi Eun-young, and Seong Seok-je, so that middle and high school students can perfectly prepare for their school grades and college entrance exams.


The 96 works included are, on the one hand, works that clearly display the characteristics of each branch and their social, cultural, and historical backgrounds, and on the other hand, masterpieces of the East and the West that are touching and entertaining because they honestly reveal the author's life, experiences, and emotions, and that contain exploration and reflection on life while dealing with personal growth.
Therefore, in the works included in this book, young people will encounter a variety of faces, from Western youth consumed by worldly desires, to Chinese women disguised as men and roaming the enemy's territory, to modern-day Korean college students living in poverty in semi-basement apartments. Through these faces, I hope to experience a new, deep, and broad literary experience.