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Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

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Theresa Hak Kyung Cha was an American novelist, producer, director, and artist of South Korean origin, best known for her 1982 novel, Dictee. Considered an avant-garde artist, Cha was fluent in Korean, English, and French. In her works, Cha took language apart and experimented with it. Cha's interdisciplinary background was clearly evident in Dictee, which experiments with juxtaposition and hypertext of both print and visual media. Cha's Dictee is taught in contemporary literature classes including women's literature.