| VISC 4B96 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Formation and Locations of Modern Korean Society and Culture 0.50 Credit(s) Academic Course |
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| Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including 0.5 VISC credit. |
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| This course examines the formation and development of Modern Korean society and culture as it has undergone a rapid transformation since the end of 19th century. Located in between old and new empires (China and Japan) and later succumbing to the US hegemonic order in East Asia, Korea’s modern history is characterized by its experience of Japanese colonialism, decolonization, the Korean War, territorial division, military authoritarianism, rapid industrialization, the anti-authoritarian minjung (grassroots) dissident movement, and formation of a dynamic post-minjung civil society. The discussion includes the in-depth analysis of the significant issues of the ‘Military Comfort Women’ taken for Japanese army during the Second World War, the Kwangju Massacre, US-Korean relations, South Korea‘s democracy, emigration, the success of the Korean film and cultural industry that has swept through Asia and beyond since 1997 known as the Korean Wave. The course will draw on diverse materials such as art works, poetry, testimonies, memoirs, and intellectual histories in order to show the important roles and locations of culture, arts and ideas in this historical transformation and transnational interactions. |
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| Notes: This "Special Topic" course provides more advanced analysis of a topic of general interest or relevance. This course fulfills 0.5 credit toward the Liberal Studies requirements for a BFA or BDes. |
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| Course was last updated June 22, 2007 - 11:28 AM | |