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Adding to the Draft (based on prior feedback)
Here's some fresh content to add to the Korea section in the Proletarian Literature article. These new sources take time to emphasize on the works and authors of the time period, rather than talk about the history and/or politics:

Works of Korean proletarian literature written before 1927 revolved around reconstructing and reforming social issues. One such example would be the short story Starvation and Slaughter (Kia wa Saryuk, 1925) by author Ch'oe Sŏ-hae, which detailed problems like discrimination between the wealthy and the poor classes. After 1927, Korean proletarian literature started to revolve around ideas that involved intellectuals rather than focus on the struggles between the rich and poor. Examples of these works include The Peasant Cho˘ng To-ryong by Yi Ki-yo˘ng, A Transitional Period by Han So˘r-ya, Rat Fire by So˘hwa, and Hometown by Kohyang.

During the Proletarian Movement, there was an urge from Japanese colonialists to “convert” Koreans away from communism. This conversion system was called cho˘nhyang.  Cho˘nhyang sparked numerous works from various authors such as The Mire by Han So˘r-ya, New Year’s Day by Yi Kiyo˘ng, A Prospect by Paek Ch’o˘l, Barley by Kim Nam-ch’o˘n, and Management by Kim Nam-ch’o˘n, all published between the years 1939 and 1940.

My Draft (So Far)
Korea section contributions:

The Proletarian Cultural Movement arose in Korea from 1910-1945 due to the desire to free Koreans from Japanese Colonial oppression. Korean Proletarian literature played a huge role during this time period, particularly during the period of 1920 until the early 1930's. In the beginning of the movement, many Koreans were unemployed and struggled to find work. Organizations such as UERP (Unemployed Relief Programs) provided fair and constitutional wages to all workers in Japan, regardless of ethnicity. Most Koreans turned to UERP, but for the Japanese, it was usually their last resort. Eventually, due to the free nature of the UERP, it soon became overwhelmed with many people who were unemployed. Another organization, Sōikai, alleviated hardships of unemployment for Koreans, but actively allowed law enforcement to hold back Korean radical movements. Because of this, many Koreans turned away from Sōikai in preference of UERP.

The Proletarian Culture Movement sparked from different groups like farmers, students, and people from the underclass, which was further propagated by the want to better the lives of the oppressed. One source points out that the Proletarian movement began with the merging of capitalism, Marxism, and Communism. In 1931, the Korean Labor Union in Japan merged with the Japanese Communist Party's labor union Zenkyō, and 30-40 percent of Zenkyō 's members were now strictly Korean.

One Zainichi artist, Pak Sok-Chong, describes alliance and peace between Koreans and Japanese people alike during a Korean festival on the evening of December 8th, 1932, at the Tsukiji Theater in Tokyo, published in the magazine Hataraku Fujin. This event garnered the most KOPF members, and as Pak documents: “…These were happy alliances between the Japanese and Korean Proletariat.” Pak wrote to assert that the sharing between Japanese and Korean classes signified a revolution between the two cultures and that this future would undeniably be the result of the Proletarian Movement.

Japan section contributions:

There were many different types of magazines and newspapers full of works by proletarian authors. These sources included but were not limited to: Sekki (Red Flag), Bijutsu Shinbun (Arts Gazette), and Hataraku Fujin (Working Women). Other more renowned publishers like Chūo Kōron (Central Review), Kaizō (Reconstruction), and Miyako Shinbun also published works by proletarian authors, even those who were members of the Communist party.

Draft for Contributions (Korean Proletarian Literature)
-Why the movement started

-Important and effectual writers in the proletarian movement

-Life for Korean authors under Japanese colonialism

-Important works noted

Article Evaluations
-Article Evaluated: "Proletarian literature"

-Everything seemed to be pretty relevant to the topic, however, there were some things that distracted me (mainly the horrible punctuation/grammar mistakes). Some sentences needed/were missing citations.

-Britain has a huge section devoted to it compared to other parts of the world (Korea doesn't even have it's own section). I feel that the article could touch upon other countries outside of the West.

-Most of the references are reliable, but some citations did not take me directly to the source (ex. citation [1]).

-Also, in the British section, the Wikipedian starts to go off the original topic of proletarian literature and starts talking about Jack Jones, a proletarian writer of the 20th century. I feel that this was highly unnecessary to be in an article about literature itself when the editor could have made a separate page for Jack Jones.

-In this way, it seems that the editor may be a bit biased with England due to the enormous amounts of effort and devotion to the subject.

-The article differs from anything we've talked about in class because it doesn't have a clear objective view and the article tends to focus more on the general feelings of a lot of nations compared to the implicit feelings of two nations.

-The Talk page for this article has some debate going on. It seems no one can make up their minds about what is acceptable to publish.

Possible Topics
-I thought it would be a good idea to add to the "Proletarian Literature" article, particularly focusing on Japan and adding a section for Korea. I would improve the article by contributing more examples of proletarian works from Japan, and creating a whole new section for Korea. Fixing the punctuation and grammar would be a fantastic polish to the whole page.

-The article "Shikata ga Nai" has many broken links. There has been debate on the Talk page about putting the article up for deletion, but this conversation has seemed to lead to nowhere. I could further improve the article by updating the links by adding new sources and research.

-Another article of interest is the article "Kumiho". The article needs various citations and references. I may also be able to provide some new research.

Plans of Contribution to Selected Article(s)
The article I chose to assign myself is "Proletarian Literature". I plan to add a new section about Korea's proletarian movement through literature, as well as possibly expand upon Japan's proletarian literature. I may also make minor copyedits to the entire article. I also plan on adding/fixing citations.

Complied Bibliography (so far):

-The Proletarian Gamble by Ken Chester Kawashima, 2009.

-Re-casting Red Culture in Proletarian Japan: Childhood, Korea, and the historical Avant-Garde by Samuel Perry, 2014.

-Literature and Film in Cold War South Korea: Freedom's Frontier by Theodore Hughes, 2012.

-Important Dates in China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan in Proletarian Arts by Carolyn Eisenberg, 2006.

-Proletarian Sensibilities: The Body Politics of New Tendency Literature by Kimberly Chung, 2014.

-Imperial Genus: The Formation and Limits of the Human in Modern Korea and Japan by Travis Workman, 2016.

-Tales of Seduction: Factory Girls in Korean Proletarian Literature by Ruth Barraclough, 2006.

-Mass Politics and Visual Culture: Proletarian Literature of 1920s and 1930s Colonial Korea by Kimberly Mee Chung, 2011.

-Bridging the Colonial Divide: Japanese-Korean Solidarity in the International Proletarian Literature Movement by Nikki Dejan Floyd, 2011.