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Each year the department offers a variety of topics under the course numbed 360B. This year we are offering courses in Modern Japanese Literature, Cultures of Manga and Anime More...
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Korea
- ASIA 581 A, B (002) - Research Methods and Source Materials in Korean Studies [3.0 credits], Instructor: Dr. Don Baker
Course Description
An introduction to primary and secondary sources in specific fields of Korean Studies as well as to the various methodologies used in the field. Students focusing on the Chosŏn dynasty are required to use materials in Classical Chinese. Students focusing on Korea in the 20th century are required to use materials in Korean and Japanese. - ASIA 581 A (007) - Research Methods and Source Materials in Korean Studies [3.0 credits], Term 1, Instructor: Dr. Namlin Hur
- ASIA 582A (008) - History and Structure of the Korean Language [3.0 credits] Instructor: Dr. Ross King
Taught in alternate years.
Prerequisite: LING 300 and KORN 410 or equivalent/permission of instructor.
Course Description
This course covers the essentials of the structure of Middle Korean as well as the central features of the diachronic changes from Middle Korean into modern Korean dialects through a combination of readings in 15th-century Korean texts and 20th-century scholarship on the history and structure of Korean. Attention is also paid to the history of writing in Korea, and to the basic bibliographic tools necessary for work with premodern texts in vernacular Korean. Req’d texts: S. E. Martin (1992): A reference grammar of Korean; Ko Yengkun (1987): Phyocwun cwungsey kwuke munpeplon; R. King and H. Lee (forthcoming): Samgang haengsilto: annotated translation of the Illustrated Conduct of the Three Bonds.
- ASIA 583B(001) - Topics in Korean Literature [3.0 credits] Term 2; [3.0 credits], Instructor: Dr. Bruce Fulton, Wednsdays 2-5pm
Course Description
This course is an intensive workshop seminar in Korean-to-English literary translation. Each student completes a translation of an as yet untranslated Korean short story, or a translation of any literary work that is treated in his or her MA thesis or Ph.D. dissertation. Students critique one another's work, and are encouraged subsequently to seek publication of their complete translation.
- ASIA 587 (002) - The History of the Choson Dynasty [3.0 credits], Instructor: Dr. Don BakerNot offered in 2011-2012
Course Description
A survey of the different interpretations of the political, social, and cultural history of Korea's Chosŏn dynasty, focusing on both the reasons given for the extraordinary longevity of this dynasty and the reasons given for its rapid collapse at the beginning of the twentieth century.
- ASIA 587 (007) - The Choson Dynasty [3.0 credits], Instructor: Dr. Nam-lin Hur
Not offered in 2011-2012
Course Description
In this seminar we will read and discuss Yi Nung-hwa's Choson yosok ko--a work addressing a wide range of issues related to women in Choson society. Key topics include marriage, family life, annual observances, crime and punishment, Confucian values, and social discrimination. In relation to this book, we will also discuss issues related to female slaves, kisaeng, and female entertainers in premodern Korean society.