KOREAN 241

Modern Korea: Resilience, Innovation and Transformation

Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 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 three periods, the Late Choson (1800-1910), the Colonial Period (1905-1945) and the Era of Division (1945 to the present), and examines the chief internal and external forces that shaped the Korean nation up to the early 2000s.

Availability 2017

Not taught in 2017

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Dr Richard Phillips

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