COML 3378
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- Schedule of Classes - May 20, 2024 7:35PM EDT
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Classes
COML 3378
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.
The rapidly growing literature of the Korean diaspora is one of the most significant developments in Korean literature since the 20th century. As Korean literature has circulated as world literature, it has become more widely recognized in the Anglophone world through translation and through narratives written by Korean American authors. This course will explore Korean American literature and creative transpacific exchanges between Korea and the US, addressing issues of identity, language, place, migration, race discrimination, citizenship, and the ways in which storytelling shapes community. We will examine the vibrant dialogue between works of fiction and poetry across the Pacific, reading the work of Korean American authors alongside the writing of Korean authors working in the Korean language. Increasingly, Korean American writers are creating narratives that remember and reconfigure Korean history and Korea's relationship to the US, and we will explore narratives and poetry that offer new perspectives on the Japanese colonial period, the Korean War, and American imperialism such as Min Jin Lee's Pachinko, Chang-rae Lee's The Surrendered, and Don Mee Choi's DMZ Colony. Readings for the course will be in English or in English translation and no prior knowledge of Korea is required.
When Offered Spring.
Breadth Requirement (GB)
Distribution Category (ALC-AS, LA-AS)
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 3378, ASIAN 3378
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Yi, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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