Course Details

Country: Korea, South
Institution: Yonsei University
Course Title: Korean Popular Culture and Korean Wave
Course Number: IEE1154-02-00
Course Description: This course examines Korean popular culture and its related issues in historical and sociocultural contexts. For this examination, the course surveys a history of Korean popular culture in the 20th and 21st centuries, focusing on forms of media culture (popular music, cinema, and TV dramas/shows) that has not only led to but developed through Korean Wave both within and outside of Korea. Also, the course delves into a variety of phenomena and issues in Korean popular culture in conjunction with contemporary Korean society. The course then aims to critically and analytically discuss the ramification of Korean popular culture and Korean Wave in the global, local, and global cultural landscapes.
Language: English
Approved Equivalent: KORE 320
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