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.