HKOK0001EU Newest Developments in Korean Studies: Science Fiction, Food, Crime, Christianity (E18)

Volume 2018/2019
Education

Curriculum for the BA programme in Asian Studies with specialisations in
Indology, Japanese Studies, China Studies, Korean Studies, Southeast Asian Studies and Tibetology The 2015 Curriculum and

Curriculum for the BA programme in Asian Studies with specialisations in
Indology, Japanese Studies, China Studies, Korean Studies, Southeast Asian Studies and Tibetology The 2010 Curriculum

Curriculum for the Elective Studies in Korean studies The 2007 Curriculum

Cross-Cultural Studies MA 2015-Curriculum

 

Content

The primary objective of this course is giving students the opportunity to become familiar with newest developments in the multifaceted spectrum of Korean Studies. This course will have four foci: food, crime, science fiction, and Christianity. Every field will be covered by an introductory workshop and a lecture. 

  • 1. Dr. Ji-yoon An (Unversity of Cambridge): “Significance of Table Scenes in Contemporary Korean Films"
  • 2. Dr. Jooyeon Rhee (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): “The Empire of Crime: Criminalistic Fantasy of Modernity in Detective Fiction in Colonial Korea”
  • 3. Dr. Dennis Würthner (Ruhr University Bochum): “An Iron World, a Women's Paradise, and a Search for the Epitaph: Science Fiction in Korea”
  • 4. Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Roux (Université Paris Diderot): “Beyond Hagiography: The Clandestine Life and Heroic Afterlife of Fr. Kim Taegŏn (1821-1846)”
Learning Outcome

Korean BA 2015-Curriculum:
Korean Content Course 1 (HKOB00831E)
Korean Content Course 2 (HKOB00871E)
Korean Content Course 3 (HKOB00891E)

Korean BA 2010-Curriculum:
Korean Content Course 3 (HKOB00761E)

Korean BA 2007-Elective:
Korean Content Course A (HKOB10041E)
Korean Content Course B (HKOB10071E)

Cross-Cultural Studies MA 2015-Curriculum:
Regional Specialisation with language (HTÆK03261E)
Regional Specialisation (HTÆK03211E)

Literature

Will be available in Absalon

It is recommended that students have passed the course: Introduction to Korean Studies, Modern: Korean History, Society, and Culture after the Opening of Korea.
For elective students there are no recommendations
Workshop, Team teaching, group work, guidance and lectures
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Lectures
  • 56
  • Preparation
  • 356,5
  • Total
  • 412,5
Credit
15 ECTS
Type of assessment
Other
Criteria for exam assesment