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