Literature Courses 2006-2007
For Undergraduates and Graduates
East Asian Studies 160. Writing Asian Poetry
Catalog Number: 0327
David McCann
Half course (spring term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Readings in selected Chinese, Japanese, and Korean verse forms, and composition or imitation in English. Study of Li Po and Tu Fu (Chinese quatrain), Basho (haiku and haibun mixed prose and poetry), Yun Sôn-do and other Korean poets (shijo), and composition/imitation. Final project, an extended suite of poems or mixed prose and poetry.
Note: No Asian language knowledge is required; all writing will be in English.
East Asian Studies 180. Asia Wave - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 9177
David McCann
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Cinema, music, television, dance, food, clothing, currency, and language: the present-day "waves" that seem one after another to sweep across East Asia’s borders and boundaries also have historical counterparts. The course will examine the seismic events and media, practices, and circulation systems that constitute the contemporary Asian culture scene, and then how these are linked to or disassociated from the past.
[Korean Literature 132. Korean Literature in Translation]
Catalog Number: 7838
David McCann
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
A survey of modern and pre-modern Korean literature in translation. Major genres, authors, works, periods; historical development of the field, including sequences of interpretive models and positions, Korean and foreign.
Note: Expected to be given in 2008–09.
Primarily for Graduates
Korean Literature 210r. Pre-Modern Korean Literature
Catalog Number: 6342
David McCann
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Close reading in a number of literary forms, including the essay, histories, prose fiction, songs, poetry, and p’ansori.
Note: Readings in English and Korean.
Prerequisite: Korean Literature 132 or equivalent.
[Korean Literature 212. Modern Korean Poetry]
Catalog Number: 5627
David McCann
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Major and minor voices in 20th and 21st-century Korean poetry. Attention to the practices of reading and translation, and to the political contexts of modern Korean poetry.
Note: Expected to be given in 2008–09. Readings in English and Korean.
Prerequisite: Korean Literature 132 or equivalent.
Cross-listed Courses
Graduate Courses of Reading and Research
*Korean 300. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 8122
Carter J. Eckert 1178
Sun Joo Kim 3821 (on leave 2006-07)
David McCann 3635
Sang-suk Oh 3856
