Sumários

Korean literature: forms, prosody and themes. From oral to written literature V

27 Março 2026, 11:00 • Elisabetta Colla Rosado Coelho David

  • The creation of the Korean script Hangul
  • Choe Malli - the use of Classical Chinese: the new writing system disrupts established scholarly traditions

De Bary, William Theodore. 2008. Sources of East Asian tradition. 1, 1. New York: Columbia University Press. 

Kim, Hung-gyu. 1997. Understanding Korean literature. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. 

Lee, Peter H. 2009. A history of Korean literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Korean literature: forms, prosody and themes. From oral to written literature IV

25 Março 2026, 11:00 • Elisabetta Colla Rosado Coelho David

  • Silla government, dominated by True Bone aristocrats
  • Hwarang class 
  • hyangga (hyangchal)


De Bary, William Theodore. 2008. Sources of East Asian tradition. 1, 1. New York: Columbia University Press. Kim, Hung-gyu. 1997. Understanding Korean literature. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. 

Lee, Peter H. 2009. A history of Korean literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Korean literature: forms, prosody and themes. From oral to written literature III

20 Março 2026, 11:00 • Elisabetta Colla Rosado Coelho David

  • Foundation myths - Gaya foundation myths, rulers emerging from eggs and the ruling lineages, connection with distant lands.
  • Foundation myths - Silla foundation myths: the legendary founder born from a radiant egg, divine ancestry and sacred legitimacy of Silla’s royal line.
Lee, Peter H., ed. 2003. A History of Korean Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Korean literature: forms, prosody and themes. From oral to written literature II

18 Março 2026, 11:00 • Elisabetta Colla Rosado Coelho David


  • The spirit of the mountain
  • Foundation myths - Goguryeo and Baekje. Foundation myths The origins of rulers, linking them to heavenly or heroic ancestry. 


Lee, Peter H., ed. 2003. A History of Korean Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Korean literature: forms, prosody and themes. From oral to written literature I

13 Março 2026, 11:00 • Elisabetta Colla Rosado Coelho David


  • From oral to written tradition 
  • The foundation myths: Dangun/Tangun



Peter Lee - Sources of Korean Traditions (vol. 1: 4-6) Tangun - [From Samguk yusa 1:33-34]