MLL 472 - Modern Korean Short Stories in English Translation

Units: 4
A comprehensive overview of Korean short stories that has shaped modern-day Korea. Selected stories by prominent writers that portray controversial images of Korean/American. Course covers the colonial era, the war time eras, and the contemporary. All readings are in English.

Repeatability: Repeatable for credit up to 8 units.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous, or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Identify significant literary moments of Modem Korea
Analyze the changes of the Korean political regimes and society from the early 20th century to the present 21st century and how it impacted Korean cultural identity.
Compare the representations of the colonial Korea, postcolonial wartime Korea, Korean War, and the postmodern divided Korea in Korean short stories.
Evaluate how the representations of cultural resistances in Korean short stories and films reflect the changing political and cultural realities.
Identify the conflicts between the lives of the Korean individuals and the social norms.
Distinguish the domestic role of Korean women across time. Describe and analyze the issues of ‘Comfort Woman’/sex slavery represented in films and stories.
Analyze the literary intersectionality among class, gender, race, political, and religious categorization of Korean-ness.