Peter H. Lee (ed.)

A History of Korean Literature

Herausgeber: Lee, Peter H.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Short description/annotation
This comprehensive history of Korean literature will stand for many years as the primary resource for this field of study.

Main description
This is a comprehensive narrative history of Korean literature from its inception and the establishment of a royal Confucian academy in the seventh century, through a period during which most literature in Korea was written in Chinese and the subsequent invention of the Korean alphabet in 1443-4, to the present day. 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 25 chapters, it covers twentieth-century poetry, fiction by women, and the literature of North Korea. Other topics include the canon, ideology, and further critical issues central to an understanding of Korean literary history. 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.

Table of contents:
Introduction Peter H. Lee; 1. Language, prosody, forms, and themes Ho-Min Sohn and Peter H. Lee; 2. From oral to written literature Peter H. Lee; 3. Hyangga Peter H. Lee; 4. Silla writings in Chinese Peter H. Lee; 5. Koryo songs Peter H. Lee; 6. Koryo writings in Chinese Peter H. Lee; 7. Early Choson eulogies Peter H. Lee; 8. Early Choson Sijo Peter H. Lee; 9. Early Choson Kasa Peter H. Lee; 10. Late Choson Sijo Peter H. Lee; 11. Late Choson Kasa Peter H. Lee; 12. Choson poetry in Chinese Kim Hunggyu; 13. Choson fiction in Chinese Kim Hunggyu; 14. Choson fiction in Korean Kim Hunggyu and Peter H. Lee; 15. P'ansor Kim Hunggyu; 16. Folk drama Kim Hunggyu; 17. Literary criticism Peter H. Lee; 18. Early twentieth-century poetry Peter H. Lee; 19. Early twentieth-century fiction by men Kwon Yongmin; 20. Early twentieth-century fiction by women Carolyn So; 21. Late twentieth-century poetry by men Peter H. Lee; 22. Late twentieth-century poetry by women Kim Chongnan; 23. Late twentieth century fiction by men Kwon Yongmin; 24. Later twentieth-century fiction by women Ch'oe Yun; 25. Literature of North Korea Kwon Yongmin; Korean dynasties; Notes; Bibliography; Suggestions for further reading; Glossary; Index.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 660
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1209g
• ISBN-13: 9780521828581
• ISBN-10: 0521828589
• Artikelnr.: 21270318

Autorenporträt

Peter Lee is Professor of Korean and Comparative Literature at The University of California Los Angeles. He is the author of numerous books on Korean literature and civilisation, including the two-volume Sourcebook of Korean Civilisation (1993-1993), The Columbia Anthology of Korean Literature (2002) and Myths of Korea (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Peter H. Lee
1. Language, forms, prosody and themes Ho-Min Sohn and Peter H. Lee
2. From oral to written literature Peter H. Lee
3. Hyanngga Peter H. Lee
4. Silla writings in Chinese Peter H. Lee
5. Koryo songs Peter H. Lee
6. Koryo writings in Chinese Peter H. Lee
7. Early Choson eulogies Peter H. Lee
8. Early Choson sijo Peter H. Lee
9. Early Choson kasa Peter H. Lee
10. Late Choson sijo Peter H. Lee
11. Late Choson kasa Peter H. Lee
12. Choson poetry in Chinese Kim Hunggyu
13. Choson fiction in Chinese Kim Hunggyu
14. Choson fiction in Korean Kim Hunggyu and Peter H. Lee
15. P'ansori Kim Hunggyu
16. Folk drama Kim Hunggyu
17. Literary criticism Peter H. Lee
18. Early twentieth-century poetry Peter H. Lee
19. Early twentieth-century fiction by men Kwon Yongmin
20. Early twentieth-century fiction by women Carolyn So
21. Late twentieth-century poetry by men Peter H. Lee
22. Late twentieth-century poetry by women Kim Chongnan
23. Late twentieth-century fiction by men Kwon Yongmin
24. Late twentieth-century fiction by women Ch'oe Yun
25. Literature of North Korea Kwon Yongmin
Bibliography
Index.