Course Details
Country:
Korea, South
Institution:
Yonsei University
Course Title:
MODERN KOREAN LITERATURE
Course Number:
UIC 3611
Course Description:
This course will explore the beginnings and developments of twentieth century Korean prose fiction through four representative examples of the novel. Modern Korean fiction, mirroring developments in society at large, took shape under various influences from its Western counterparts, albeit often mediated by Japan. This has led some to label modern Korean literature a “transplant.” Others, in rebuttal, have argued its indigenous roots. Both of these positions represent oversimplifications. The reality of modern Korea and its literature is hybridity: exchanges and negotiations between a strong tradition and a dynamic present. The novels examined in this course span—and in some ways chronicle—one of the most turbulent periods in Korean history. These works provide glimpses of Korea from the cataclysm of the Sino-Japanese War to the oppression of the Japanese Colonial Period, but they also testify to the endurance of everyday life, of personal, quotidian concerns that predate and will outlast present
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
KORE 311
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