21L.491[J] Gateway to Korean Literature and Culture

Same Subject As: 21G.066
Prereq: none
Units: 3-0-9 HASS-H

Introduction to two millennia of Korean literature and culture. Discusses texts, artifacts, and films in their cultural context and from a comparative global perspective. Explores poetry; historiography, story-telling, drama and fiction; philosophical and religious texts and practices; and visual materials. Includes creative exercises to help students develop their own Korean wave and K-drama passions with a critically informed eye. [Pre-1900]