Lesson 1.4 (Korean) Flashcards
It is the literature written and produced in South Korea.
South Korean Literature
All texts that were orally transmitted from generation to generation until the invention of Hangul.
Oral Literature
What are the literary works in Korean literature?
ballads, legends, mask plays, puppet-show texts, and pansori (“story singing”) texts.
What do you call the story singing text/ musical storytelling in Korean literature?
pansori
What are the four poetry arise in ancient Korean literature?
hyangga, byeolgok, sijo, and gasa
It is the first unique form of poetry— song in Silla period.
hyangga
It is characterized by several formal rules (4-line, 8-line, 10-line) and written down in hyangchal.
hyangga
What is the most developed structure of hyangga that is divided into 3 sections?
10-line poem (4-4-2)
It was formed in the mid-late Koryo dynasty with a refrain in either the middle or end of the stanza.
byeolgok
It establishes a mood or tone that carries the melody and spirit of the poem or links a poem.
refrain (byeolgok)
The theme of this literary poem is love, joys and torments of which are expressed in frank and powerful language.
byeolgok
It is the ‘literally current tune’ that was common in the Joseon period.
Sijo
It was characterized by 3 stanzas or 4 feet each.
Each Foot = 3-4 syllables except in the third stanza.
1st foot = 3 syllables;
2nd foot = 7 syllables
Sijo
The theme of this literary poetry is nature, the virtues of gentlemen, or love between man and woman.
Gasa
It is a simple form of verse, with twinned feet of three or four syllables each.
Gasa
What are the Korean literary prose?
narrative, fiction, and miscellany
What are the literary works that are in the prose narrative?
myth, legends, and folktales
It can be considered important if the theme of this is about the sun and the moon.
myth
It touches on place and personal names and natural phenomena
legends
This is all about animals, goblins, supernatural beings, kindness rewarding, and even cleverness and stupidity.
Folktales
This prose is based on narrative that the authors only add incidents and characters to the original story.
fiction
It consists of random jottings by the yangban on four broad topics: history, biography, autobiography, and poetic criticism.
miscellany
Who are the notable writers of Korean literature?
Jim Lee
Park Min-gyu
Kyung-Sook Shin
Han Kang
A Korean-American comic artist who is a publisher in DC Comics and one of those is ‘New 52’
Jim Lee
A Korean writer who won the ‘Munhakdonge New Writer’s Award’ and the ‘Hakyoreh Literary Award.’
Park Min-gyu
He is the face of Korean Literature in the 21st literary critics.
Park Min-gyu
He is famous for understanding minority and original narratives.
Park Min-gyu
What is one of the notable works of Park Min-gyu?
Pavane for a Dead Princess
She is the first Korean writer to win the ‘Man Asian Literary Prize’ in 2012.
Shin Kyung-Sook
She is a highly-regarded contemporary writer.
Shin Kyung-Sook
One of her notable literary works is ‘Please Look After Mom.’
Shin Kyung-Sook
Most of her prose is about the depths of the human mind.
Shin Kyung-Sook
What is Shin Kyung-Sook’s work? It is also her first book to be published in English.
Please Look After Mom
A Korean Writer who won the ‘Man Booker International Prize’ in 2016.
Han Kang
This book is about a woman’s decision to stop eating meat with devastating consequences.
The Vegetarian
What is Han Kang’s famous work, her first book to be published in English?
The Vegetarian
This Korean literary work originated in manhwa or webtoons.
drama
This Korean poem written by Jung Ho-seong is about loneliness and sorrow.
To The Daffodil
It influenced contemporary culture, music, fiction, and the television industry.
Korean Pop Music (K-pop)
