Early Korean literature : selections and introductions / David McCann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCann, David, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Preeminent scholar and translator David R. McCann presents an anthology of his own translations of works ranging across the major genres and authors of Korean writing-stories, legends, poems, historical vignettes, and other works-and a set of critical essays on major themes.A brief history of traditional Korean literature orients the reader to the historical context of the writings, thus bringing into focus this rich literary tradition. The anthology of translations begins with the Samguk sagi, or History of the Three Kingdoms, written in 1145, and ends with "The Story of Master Hô," written in the late 1700s. Three exploratory essays of particular subtlety and lucidity raise interpretive and comparative issues that provide a creative, sophisticated framework for approaching the selections.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

A BRIEF HISTORY OF KOREAN LITERATURE TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

Part 1. An Anthology of Korean Literature

The Samguk sagi (1145)

The Samguk yusa (1285)

Koryǒ Songs

HISTORY AS LITERATURE: THE POLITICAL AND CULTURAL TRANSITION FROM KORYŎ TO CHOSŎN

Introduction

The Sijo Exchange Between Yi Pang-Wǒn and Chǒng Mong-Ju

The Koryǒsa: The History of Koryǒ

Song of the Dragons Flying to Heaven

EARLY CHOSŎN (1392 - 1598)

Sijo

Kasa

Hanmun: Poems and Prose in Chinese

Part 2. Negotiations in Korean Literature

INTRODUCTION

CH'Ŏ YONG AND MANGHAE TEMPLE: A PARABLE OF LITERARY NEGOTIATION

SONG OF THE DRAGONS FLYING TO HEAVEN: NEGOTIATING HISTORY

PERFORMANCE AND KOREAN SIJO VERSE: NEGOTIATING DIFFERENCE

CONCLUSION

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Names and Titles

Subject Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9780231505741

0231505744

OCLC:

51673648