ELK 201 — Modern Korean Literature
This course will familiarize students with modern Korean literature through selected readings of representative authors from 1910 to present in English translation. The class explores, analyzes and interprets literary works reflecting major sociopolitical and historical movements, including conflicts betweentradition and modernity, colonialism, construction of national identity, the KoreanWar and national division, and industrialization. This course is taught in Korean.