Korean Literature: Reading of the Original Texts

Korean Literature: Reading of the Original Texts

Study Cycle: 1

Lectures: 0

Seminars: 30

Tutorials: 0

ECTS credit: 3

Lecturer(s): izr. prof. dr. Kang Byoung Yoong

Students read and analyze the selected text in Korean literature. They learn about the real Korean literature in Korean. They are familiarized with the history of Korean literature, terminology and theory of the main Korean literature Soseol(??), Si(?), Sizo(??) and Soopil(??). They are encouraged to further develop their ideas about the meaning of Korean literature in the contemporary Korean and global society.

Priporočena literatura:

- Bi-lingual Edition Modern Korean Literature, fifteen-story first edition, Asia Publishers, 2012.
- Division I  (1. The Wounded - Yi Cheong-jun; 2. Soul of Darkness - Kim Won-il; 3. Sun-I Samchon - Hyun Ki-young; 4. Mother’s Stake I - Park Wan-so; 5. The Land of the Banished - Jo Jung-rae)
- Industrialization  (6. Record of a Journey to Mujin - Kim Seung-ok; 7. The road to Sampo - Hwang Sok-yong; 8. The Man Who Was Left as Nine Pairs of Shoes - Yun Heung-gil; 9. Our Friend’s Homecoming - Shin Sang-ung; 10. The Poet of Wonmi-dong - Yang Kwi-ja)
- Women (11. Chinatown - Oh Jung-hee; 12. The Place Where the Harmonium Was - Shin Kyung-sook; 13. The Last of Hanako - Choe Yun; 14. Human Decency - Gong Jiyoung; 15. Poor Man’s Wife - Eun Hee-kyung)