Sungkyunkwan University | South Korea
Prof. Il-Yeong Kim is a literary scholar specializing in British and American fiction, with a strong research focus on psychoanalytic literary criticism, particularly Lacanian theory. His scholarship examines identity formation, trauma, desire, symbolism, and subjectivity in canonical and modern texts, including works by William Golding, Bram Stoker, and J. M. Coetzee. His research contributions bridge literary theory and close textual analysis, offering influential interpretations of gothic, modernist, and postmodern narratives. Through extensive academic leadership and advisory roles in national literary societies, he has shaped critical discourse and research directions in English literary studies. His publications demonstrate sustained impact on psychoanalytic approaches within contemporary literary criticism.
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