Early Korean Literature : : Selections and Introductions / / David McCann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: McCann, David,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)

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.

Table of 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