KOREAN 241
Modern Korea: Resilience, Innovation and Transformation
Please note: this is archived course information from 2019 for KOREAN 241.
Description
Aims to analyse historically the various ways in which the Koreans have understood, responded to and participated in the far-reaching changes which characterise modern Korean history.
The course is divided into four periods, ancient Korea and Choson (until nineteenth century), the Late Choson (1800-1910), the Colonial Period (1905-1945) and the National Division (1945-1960) and examines the chief internal and external forces that shaped the Korean nation up to the twentieth century.
Availability 2019
Semester 1
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Changzoo Song
Reading/Texts
Reading lists will be posted on the Talis course page.
Recommended Reading
Further readings will be posted on the Talis course page.
Assessment
25% (tutorial-linked: 5% participation: 20% 1000 word tutorial review),
35% essay (2000 words)
40% final exam (2 hours)
Points
KOREAN 241: 15 points
Prerequisites
15 points passed
Restrictions
KOREAN 341