AAST 112: Modern Korean Literature

2026-27

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours

Catalog page 140

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: A study of modern Korean literature from the colonial era to the present. Topics include colonialism; cultural influence and exchange; gender, family and sexuality; nation and nationalism; Confucian tradition and patriarchal culture; and modernization and capitalism.

Cross-listing: Cross-listed with KOR 112.