Korean Literature 3600-3-KO2-WLK2
After the completion of this course students should be able to perform the general view on the Korean literature and know the historical background of the development of Korean literature, as well as the major genders and forms, such as “native songs” hyang-ga and song of Koryǒ (Koryǒ-kayo), “current tune” shijo and “narrative” shijo, long narrative poems kasa and poetry in Chinese hanshi, “old romances” (kodae-sosǒl) and satirical novels of Pak Chi-wǒn, traditional “story in song” (p’ansori) and mask theatre (t’alch’um), and finally the important achievements of the modern Korean literature and drama formulated at the beginning of the twenty century by the influence of the Western trends including Realism and Naturalism, Expressionism and Surrealism.
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Learning outcomes
After the completion of this course students should be able to perform the general view on the Korean literature and know the historical background of the development of Korean literature, as well as the major genders and forms, such as “native songs” hyang-ga and song of Koryǒ (Koryǒ-kayo), “current tune” shijo and “narrative” shijo, long narrative poems kasa and poetry in Chinese hanshi, “old romances” (kodae-sosǒl) and satirical novels of Pak Chi-wǒn, traditional “story in song” (p’ansori) and mask theatre (t’alch’um), and finally the important achievements of the modern Korean literature and drama formulated at the beginning of the twenty century by the influence of the Western trends including Realism and Naturalism, Expressionism and Surrealism.
Bibliography
James Hoyt, Soaring Phoenixes and Prancing Dragons: A historical Survey of Korean Classical Literature, Jimoondang Publishing Company, Seoul 2000;
Peter Lee, Anthology of Korean Literature. From Early Times to the Nineteenth Century, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu 1981;
Peter Lee, A History of Korean Literature, Cambridge 2003;
Wybrane utwory prozatorskie (współczesnej literatury południowokoreańskiej).