East Asian Languages & Lits 254 - Modern Korean Literature in Translation
Mod Korean Lit in Translation
Fall
2025
01
4.00
Irhe Sohn
M 1:40 PM - 2:55 PM; W 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
Smith College
EAL-254-01-202601
isohn@smith.edu
This course is a survey of modern Korean literature from the 1990s to the present. It charts the formal and thematic development of Korean literature by examining how literature illuminates Korea's history and politics. The class engages in the close reading of medium and full-length fictions in English translation, while considering their historical and cultural contexts.