150045 UE Aspects of Korean "old" (pre-modern) literature (2015S)

Orientation / Introduction to Korean Pre-Modern Literature / The Relation of Written and Oral Literature in Pre-modern Korean Literature, Diglossia (Hanmun and Vernacular) / P'ansori: Performance and Text / Korean Mask Dance and Puppet-Theatre / Korean Martial Arts / Male-Female Partnership and Competition for the Classical Novel / Book Lending Business and Book Distribution during the Choseon Dynasty (History of Book Printing and Distribution in the 16th-19th Century) / The Yangban Class and the Common People in Korean 18th Century Literature / The Character of Korean Confucianism and Buddhism in Pre-modern Literature / Western Impact vs. Korean Tradition in the Humanities / Traditional Forms of Narration and the Modern Novel / The Sublime in Korean Literature and the Tragic in Western Literature / Shaman Epics: Comparing the Shaman Epic Baridegi with the Animation Shrek / Korean Pre-modern Literature in Cultural Context and Comparative Perspective