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This course focuses on select, controversial Korean authors from the Enlightenment Period through the 1970¡¯s. The class will attempt at a deeper understanding of these authors¡¯ ideologies and the characteristics of their novels. |
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In this course, modern, Korean, representative poets are selected and the elevant issues concerning their literary works, including biographical information, will be studied. The goal of this class is to compose and discuss theories about these poets by carefully examining the results and limitations of existing researches, as well as identifying future research topics. |
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The goal of this course is to explore modern Korean literary criticism from a historical perspective. Based on the achievements as well as limitations of modern Korean literary criticism that had been previously studied, the class will engage in deep analysis of specific works and discuss its findings. Additionally, the students will study research papers that compare and analyze the relationship between general theories of literature and the unique characteristics of Korean literature. |
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In this class students will select a topic concerning modern Korean poetry, write a research presentation, and discuss their findings with the class. The goal of this course is to explore a direction for research, selecting themes focused on the varied aspects of modern poetry. |
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This course studies the development of modern Korean novel theory from the Enlightenment Period to the 1960s. Beginning with aspects of continuity and discontinuity between the traditional and modern novel theory, we will move on to the novel theory of the ¡°new literature¡± with authors such as Yi Gwang-su, Kim Dong-in, and Yeom Sang-seop. Then modern Korean theories, such as the realist novel theory of the 1920s and 30s, will be covered. By comparing novels from each period in the modern Korean novel theories, students will gain a systematic view of literary history. |
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The goal of this course is to engage in demonstrative research of specific modern Korean dramas and their performance, while exploring the unique aesthetics of the genre. Through comparisons with other genres we will examine how literary ontology is expressed through dramatic styles, and establish a distinctive dramatic aesthetic. |
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This is a doctoral course. Building on the students¡¯ foundation of modern Korean literary criticism and methodologies, gained in their undergraduate and M.A. studies, this course allows them to develop a higher-level knowledge and understanding of particular periods, methods, figures, and concepts. Through this course, students not only research the history of modern Korean literary criticism, but expand their ability to accomodate the constant changes in Western literary theories. |
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This course is a doctoral course. It studies the history of modern Korean poetry from the Enlightenment Period to the 1950s. The history of the modern Korean poetry will be divided into distinct periods and studied in depth. In addition, various issues, including schools of thoughts and specific poets, concerning current Korean poetry will be analyzed and examined. The students are expected to be the active moving force that pushes the class along by preparing presentations for each period and leading the class discussion. Through this course, the students will come to understand the literature and the historical contexts of the works as well as its interrelations with other genres. |
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The goal of this course is to find a new framework for the history of modern Korean novels while reexamining its development process, ideological history, and formal characteristics. The period that is covered in this class will be from the end of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century. |
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This course arranges the literary criticism of modern Korean literature by period and examines the characteristics of each. This class will also tackle the challenge to reconcile traditional literary stylistic theory and modern genre theory. In order to accomplish this, students will prepare research presentations that provide evidence for the possibility of original critical theory within the gap between literary principles and actual criticism. |
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Based on an understanding of each genre, we will examine from an historical point of view the various genres that were created, grew, and died out from ancient times to the end of the Joseon period. We will determine the historical context and principles on which the various ontological aspects of Korean literary works are founded. We will also conduct comparisons with other literary histories, shedding light on the universality and uniqueness of Korean literary history. In addition, through a study existing research and theories on periodic division and genre systems students will develop their own insights into Korean literary history and acquire their own methods for studying literary history. |
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The focus of this course is modern Korean poetry. We will study the works themselves as well as the critical theory set forth by the poets and critics of the modern era. The students will concentrate on understanding and analyzing the work rather than on its historical context. Accordingly, our goal is not only to systematically understand critical theory, but at the same time to analyze specific works, preparing the foundation for balanced research. |
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This course will examine critical theories of modern Korean poetry and its unique characteristics. A variety of theoretical approaches to Korean poetry and their results, as well as the unique stylistic development of Korean poetry will be developed. Finally, the findings of such research will be presented in a manner of a formal seminar. |
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This course will study the critical theory of modern Korean novels. We will examine both the various theoretical approaches to the Korean novels as well as their, the novels¡¯, stylistic development. Finally, the findings of our research will be presented and discuss in a form of a seminar. |
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This course will concentrate the authors who played an important role in the development of modern Korean literature from the Enlightenment Period through the 1960s. We will use traditional methods, such as the biographical method, the psychological method, and the socio-literary method, as well as approaching it from the angle of new criticism and the structural approach. Through this course, we will elucidate either the interrelations of author and work, or the author and period. |
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Generally, the final stage in the research of a literary work is how it is situated in the larger literary tradition. Accordingly, then, an understanding of the history of literature is important. From this perspective, this course studies the methods of describing the history of literature, the interrelation of the literary history and history of philosophy, as well as the connection between the history of literature and the history of society. |
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