A History of Korean LiteraturePeter H. Lee This is a comprehensive narrative history of Korean literature. It provides a wealth of information for scholars, students and lovers of literature. Combining both history and criticism the study reflects the latest scholarship and offers a systematic account of the development of all genres. Consisting of twenty-five chapters, it covers twentieth-century poetry, fiction by women and the literature of North Korea. This is a major contribution to the field and a study that will stand for many years as the primary resource for studying Korean literature. |
Contents
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Introduction | 1 |
CHAPTER 1 Language forms prosody and themes | 15 |
CHAPTER 12 Choson poetry in Chinese | 250 |
CHAPTER 13 Choson fiction in Chinese | 261 |
CHAPTER 14 Choson fiction in Korean | 273 |
CHAPTER 15 P ansori | 288 |
CHAPTER 16 Folk drama | 303 |
CHAPTER 17 Literary criticism | 316 |
CHAPTER 18 Early twentiethcentury poetry | 336 |
CHAPTER 19 Early twentiethcentury fiction by men | 390 |
CHAPTER 2 From oral to written literature | 52 |
CHAPTER 3 Hyangga | 66 |
CHAPTER 4 Silla writings in Chinese | 87 |
CHAPTER 5 Koryo songs | 99 |
CHAPTER 6 Koryo writings in Chinese | 118 |
CHAPTER 7 Early Choson eulogies | 148 |
CHAPTER 8 Early Choson sijo | 168 |
CHAPTER 9 Early Choson kasa | 189 |
Chapter 10 Late Choson sijo | 203 |
CHAPTER 11 Late Choson kasa | 228 |
CHAPTER 20 Early twentiethcentury fiction by women | 406 |
CHAPTER 21 Late twentiethcentury poetry by men | 420 |
CHAPTER 22 Late twentiethcentury poetry by women | 457 |
CHAPTER 23 Late twentiethcentury fiction by men | 468 |
CHAPTER 24 Late twentiethcentury fiction by women | 481 |
CHAPTER 25 Literature of North Korea | 497 |
Bibliography | 512 |
Suggestions for further reading | 543 |
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