KOREAN 241

Modern Korea: Resilience, Innovation and Transformation


Please note: this is archived course information from 2021 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.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline for KOREAN 241.

Digital Course Outlines are refreshed in November for the following year. Digital Course Outlines for courses to be offered for the first time may be published slightly later.

Availability 2021

Lecturer(s)

TBA

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