Premodern Korea in a Global Context: Premodern Literature and Cultural Exchange

Course Contents

Chapter 1. Korea

  1. Geography
  2. People
  3. Video Clips of South Korea


Chapter 2. Korean Language

  1. Language
  2. Hangeul - Korean alphabet
  3. Dialects


Chapter 3. Korean Premodern History

  1. Corea the Hermit Nation
  2.  
 

Chapter 4. Traditional Culture and Customs

  1. Hanbok - traditional Korean cloths
  2. Hanok - traditional Korean houses
  3. Kimchi - a traditional Korean dish
 

Chapter 5. Performing Art

  1. Pansori - traditional Korean musical storytelling
  2. Mask dance
  3. Samulnori
  4. Shaman
 

Chapter 6. Religions in Korean History

  1. Buddhism
  2. Confucianism
  3. Christianity
  4. Shamanism
 

Chapter 7. Traditional Korean Literature

  1. a
  2. b
 

Chapter 8. Korea and Pax Mongolica

  1. a
  2. b
 

Chapter 9. Korean Envoys and Sino-Korean exchange

  1. Korean envoys to Peking
  2. b
 

Chapter 10. Imjin War and Cultural Exchange

  1. a
  2. b
 

Chapter 11. Westerners Who Came to Korea

  1. a
  2. b
 

Chapter 12. Premodern Korea and Korean Wave

  1. a
  2. Hallyu - Korean Wave