Sumários

TOPIC 13

18 Março 2021, 09:30 • Elisabetta Colla Rosado Coelho David

Japan: From oral to written literature

Japan: From oral to written literature

  • De Bary, William Theodore, Sources of East Asian tradition. Vol. 1, Vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. 
  • Katō, Shūichi, and Don Sanderson, A history of Japanese literature: from the Man'yōshū to modern times. Richmond, Surrey: Japan Library, 1997. 
  • Additional readings were distributed  in class.

TOPIC 12

12 Março 2021, 09:30 • Elisabetta Colla Rosado Coelho David

Genres of Korean Literature [summary]

  • Korean writing in Chinese
  • Five literary genres
  • hyangga and Hwarang

Kim, Hunggyu, and Robert J. Fouser. 1997. Understanding Korean literature. Armong, New York: M.E. Sharpe. 
Lee, Peter H., and Donald Baker. 1996. Sourcebook of Korean civilisation. New York: Columbia University Press. 
De Bary, William Theodore, William Theodore De Bary, and William Theodore De Bary. 2008. Sources of East Asian tradition. New York: Columbia University Press. 


TOPIC 11

11 Março 2021, 11:00 • Elisabetta Colla Rosado Coelho David

Korean literature: foundation myth 

  • The legend of the first Korean king: Tangun (Dangun)
  • Pak Hyŏkkŏse (Bak Hyeokgeose)
  • Onjo (founding ancestor of Paekche/Baekje) and his father King Ch’umo/Chumo (Chumong/Jumong).
  • King Suro the founder of Karak (Gaya conferedancy)


De Bary, William Theodore, Sources of East Asian tradition. Vol. 1, Vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008.  
Grayson, James H. 2012.   Myths and Legends from Korea: an Annotated Compendium of Ancient and Modern Materials. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. 
Lee, Peter H., A history of Korean literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.   


TOPIC 11

11 Março 2021, 09:30 • Elisabetta Colla Rosado Coelho David

Korean literature: foundation myth 

  • The legend of the first Korean king: Tangun (Dangun)
  • Pak Hyŏkkŏse (Bak Hyeokgeose)
  • Onjo (founding ancestor of Paekche/Baekje) and his father King Ch’umo/Chumo (Chumong/Jumong).
  • King Suro the founder of Karak (Gaya conferedancy)


De Bary, William Theodore, Sources of East Asian tradition. Vol. 1, Vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008.  
Grayson, James H. 2012.   Myths and Legends from Korea: an Annotated Compendium of Ancient and Modern Materials. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. 
Lee, Peter H., A history of Korean literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.   


TOPIC 10

5 Março 2021, 09:30 • Elisabetta Colla Rosado Coelho David

The legacy of Chinese language and literature 

The legacy of Chinese language and literature: the case of Korea (and Japan)

The invention of the Korean alphabet  

  • De Bary, William Theodore, Sources of East Asian tradition. Vol. 1, Vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008 (pp. 574-577). 

  • Goodman, Kenneth S., Reading in Asian languages: making sense of written texts in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. New York: Routledge, 2012. 

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

  • Kim, Hŭng-gyu, and Robert J. Fouser. 2015. Understanding Korean literature. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. http://www.myilibrary.com?id=955350 (pp. 8-21).