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Course Description:
In this course, we will explore modern Korean society through a cultural lens.
Starting from the colonial period until the contemporary, each week will explore a different moment in Korea’s modern history and examine the relationship between culture and society. At times, we will study how culture of the time engaged with contemporaneous issues. At other times, we will examine how historical issues are remembered and reemployed in subsequent cultural works. In examining this link between society and culture, we will also study key cultural theories that will aid students in critical thinking and analysis. Each class will have two readings: one historical overview and one theoretical work. In addition, there will be one primary sources (either a piece of literature or a film/television episode to watch), as well as an article analysing the text. By weekly engaging in history, theory, and culture, students will have gained a thorough knowledge of the key historical happenings that have shaped contemporary Korean society, as well as a deep understanding of the ways in which culture reflects/challenges/distorts history.
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