Reception Among Academics
Myers’ books on North Korea have been challenged by some academic critics. South Korean literary critic Yearn Hong Choi, for example, was not convinced with the thesis of Han Sǒrya and North Korean Literature:
“How can Myers say that he is not a socialist realist? How can Myers say that Han's thought is not compatible with communist ideology? I can understand Myers’s views on orthodox socialist realism, yet I see socialist realism abundantly present in North Korean literature: North Korean writers still advocate socialist realism. Myers simply does not interpret socialist realism as they do.”
Russian historian Andrei Lankov, however, found Han Sǒrya and North Korean Literature to be “very interesting” and favorably reviewed The Cleanest Race as taking a “fresh approach” on North Korea.
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