Qing Invasion of Joseon Through the Dishes Appearing in the Novel the Fortress by Kim Hoon

Abstract

Quing invasion of Joseon or the Second Manchu invasion of Korea (Joseon) in 1636 has been studied by many South Korean scholars and other countries. However, studying this war through a historical literary work, specifically through the dishes that appear in the literary work written about this war, is a new, interesting and still open approach. Therefore, this article focuses on examining the dishes that appear in the novel The Fortress (2021) by writer Kim Hoon to show through them the fierceness, misery and hardship of the Joseon people in the last days of 1936 and early 1937