Class Syllabus

I. The Making of Korean Tradition
9/5	Introduction
9/12	Origins and uses of history (Myths, 3 Kingdoms, Unified Silla)
	Selected Accounts of Early Korea Sources of Korean Tradition: "The Rise of the Three Kindgoms," 18-32, "Intro. to Buddhism", 34-35, 54-55, "Unification of the Three Kingdoms," 57-59 Andrew Nahm, Intro to Korean History and Culture, "Social, Economic, and Cultural Development 57 B.C. - 936 A.D.," 45-65
9/17	Dynastic change and the Confucian order (Koryo and Choson)
	Andrew Nahm, Intro to Korean History and Culture, "The Society and Culture of Koryo,"67-98 Martina Deuchler, "Neo-Confucianism: The Impulse for Social Action" James Palais, "Stability in Yi Dynasty Korea: Equilibrium Systems and Marginal Adjustment" Pak Chiwon, "The Story of a Yangban" and "The Story of Master Ho"
9/19	Choson women and court life
	Readings on the position of women JaHyun Haboush, trans., The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong: "Introduction," 1-35 and "Memoir of 1802," 197-239 Poetry of Hwang Chini and Ho Nansorhan
9/24	Guest lecture on 19th century Korea (Bonnie Kim)
	Bruce Cumings, Ch. 2: "The Interests 1860-1904," 86-138 (to be assigned)
II. Colonial modernity and nationalism
9/26	The Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere
	Cumings, Ch. 3: "Eclipse, 1905-45," 139-162 David Brudnoy, "Japan's Experiment in Korea" Bank of Chosen, "Economic History of Chosen"
10/1	The New Learning
	"Hyol-ui Nu: Korea's First 'New Novel' Readings from the Independent Younghill Kang, The Grass Roof: "Decent but Dumb," 143-156, "Star of the West," 173-191
10/3	Intellectuals and Modern Identity
	Cumings, Ch. 3: "Eclipse, 1905-45,"162-184 Michael Robinson "The Rise of Cultural Nationalism" Selections from Yi Kwangsu's, Mujong Chai Man-sik, "A Ready-Made Life"
10/8	Women and Modernity
	Kim Young-hee, "Women's Issues in the 1920s" Kenneth Wells, "The Price of Legitimacy: Women and the Kunuhoe Movement" Kim Won-ju, "Awakening" and "Death of a Girl"
10/10	The Socialist Critique
	Michael Robinson "The Radical Critique' Kang Kyong-ae, "Underground Village Nym Wales and Kim San, Song of Ariran: Foreward," Part 2 -They Who Lie inWait, 111-121, Part 4 - Climbing the Hills of Ariran, 223-263
III. Liberation, Division, and War
10/15	Liberation and occupation
	Cumings, Ch. 4. "The Passions, 1945-48," 185-236 Mark Gayn, Japan Diary Chon Kwang-yong,, "Kapitan Ri"
10/17	Film
	"To that Starry Island"
10/22	The war experience
	Cumings, Ch. 5. "Collision, 1948-1953" 237-298 Yun Heung-gil, "The Rainy Spell" Yi Chong-jun, "The Wounded"
10/24	Military Comfort Women
	Cumings, 174-184 Alice Yun Chai, "Asian-pacific Feminist Coalition Politics" Keith Howard, ed. True Stories of the Korean Comfort Women, 32-40, 65-69 Kasayama Yoshikichi, "Korean Guard" Japan at War: An Oral History
10/29	Midterm
IV. Politics of Division: South Korea and North Korea Communism
10/31	Yusin Authoritarianism
	Choi Chang Jip, "Political Cleavages in South Korea" Hagen Koo, "The State, Minjung, and the Working Class in South Korea" Cho Sehui, "Small Ball Launched by a Dwarf"
11/5	Election Day
11/7	The Literature of Resistance
	Cumings, Ch. 7 "The Democratic Movement, 1960-1996," 337-393 Kim Chi-ha, "The Story of a Sound" and "Declaration of Conscience." Im Choru, "A Shared Journey"
11/12	Film
	Chilsu and Mansu
11/14	Housewives, factory workers, and the yankee princesss
	Choi Chungmoo, "Korean Women in a Culture of Inequality" Pak Wan-so, "Thus ended My Days of Watching over the House" Lee Hye-suk, "Year End Party" Kang Sok-kyong, "Days and Dreams"
11/19	North Korea
	Cumings, "The Corporate State in North Korea" in State and Society Jon Halliday, "The North Korean Enigma"
V. Koreans at Home and Abroad
11/26	Korean Americans
	Minjung Kim, "Movements of Danger in the (Dis)continuous Relations of Korean Nationalism and Korean American Nationalism" Elaine Kim, "Home is Where the Han Is: A Korean-American Perspective on the Los Angeles Riots," Ch. 3 Nancy Abelmann and John Lie, Blue Dreams, Ch. 3 "Diasporic Formation"
11/28	Film
	"First Person Plural"
12/3	Resident Koreans in Japan
	Michael Weiner, The Origins of the Korean Community in Japan Sonya Ryang,, ed., Koreans in Japan: Critical Voices Yi Yang-ji, exerpt from "Yu-hee"
12/5	Representations in Literature: Comfort women
	Nora Okja Keller, Comfort Woman, 1-72 Chongrae Lee, A Gesture Life, 217-284
12/10	Class Review; Hand in Term paper