Fall, 2004
Korean Language and Culture
In-Seon Kim, Ph.D.
Tel.: 02-949-8245/017-219-3079
E-mail: inseonkim@chollian.net
Office Hours: by Appointment
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to examine central topics of Korean language.
First, this course provides brief introduction to the politico-cultural history of
Korea and general survey of Korean culture and society. This course will then proceed to cover
main topics and central issues of Korean language such as Han-geul(Korean Alphabet)
Invention, Exclusive Use of Han-geul, Romanization of Korean, Honofific usage of Korean
and Linguistic Ties between Korea , China and Japan, etc..
Reading List
1.The
Korean
National
Commission
for
UNESCO
ed.,
The
Korean
Language, The Si-sayong-o-sa Publishers, Inc., 1983.
2.Young-Key
Kim-Renaud
ed.,
The
Korean
Alphabet
:
Its
History
and
Sructure, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1997.
3.Young-Ick Lew, "A Brief Politico-Cultural History of Korea," Korean
Art Tradition, Korea Foundation, 1994, pp.7-52.
4.John
H.
Koo
&
Andrew
C.
Nahm,
ed.,
An
Introduction
to
Korean
Culture, Hollym, 1997.
5.Donald Stone Macdonald ed., The Koreans; Contemporary Politics and Society, Westview Press,
1996,
6. Korea Journals, Korean National Commission for UNESCO.
7. Other selected readings.
Grading
Your grade for the class will be determined by your performance on two exams. And class attendance will
be taken into consideration in determining the final grade.
1. Class Attendance
2. Mid-term Exam.
3. Final Exam.
20%
40%
40%
Course Schedule and Relevant Readings
<Week 1> Introduction and Overview
<Week 2> Politico-Cultural History of Korea
1.Young Ick Lew, "A Brief Politico-Cultural History of Korea."
2.John H. Koo & Andrew C. Nahm, ed., An Introduction to Korean Culture.
<Week 3> Korean Culture and Society
Donald Stone Macdonald
<Week 4-15>
ed., “Korean Sociey and Culture,” The Koreans, pp.67-113.
Korean Language and Han-geul
I. A Cultural Perspective on the Korean Language
Suh Cheong-soo, “A Cultural Perspective on the Korean Language ,” Korea Journal Vol 36:3,
1996.
Autumn
II. Han-geul
1. Robert Ramsey, “The Korean Alphabet,” Young-key Kim-Renaud ed.., King Sejong the Great: The
Light of Fifteenth Century Korea, International Circle of Korean Linguistics, 1991.
2. The Ki-moon Lee, “The Inventor of the Korean Alphabet,” The Korean Alphabet : Its History and
Structure, pp. 11-30.
3. Gari Ledyard, “The International Lingustic Background of the Correct Sounds for the Instruction of the
People,” ibid., pp. 31-88.
4. The Korean National Commission for UNESCO ed., “Chu Si-gyeong and Modernization of Hangeul, ” The Korean Language, PP. 103-108.
III. Exclusive Use and Propagation of Han-geul Movement
1. Michael E. Robinson, "Ch’oe Hyeon-bae and Korean Nationalism : Language,
Culture, and National Development," Occasional Papers on Korea No.3,
June 1975, pp.19-33.
2.In-Seon
Kim,
"Gabogyoungjang(1894-1896)
jeonhu
Gaehwapaui
Han-geul Sayong"(Han-geul Use by Reformers before and after Gabo Reform
Movement, Jusigyeong Hakbo, 1991 12, pp. 3-32.
3.In-Seon
Kim,
"Gaehwagi
Rhee
Syngmanui
Han-geul
Undong
Yeon-gu"(A
Study
on
Rhee
Syngman's
Han-geul
Movement
in
the
Enlightenment Period), Ph.D. dissertation, Yonsei Univ., 1999.
IV. Considerations of the New Romanization System for the Korean Language.
1. Editor’s Note, “On the New Romanization System of Korean”, Korea Journal
Vol. 41:1, Spring 2001.
2. National Academy of the Korean Language, “The Government’s New System
of Romanization for the Korean Language,” ibid.
3. Peter Mauro Schroepfer, “The Practical Politics of Romanization,” ibid.
4. Lee Sang-oak, “The Present State of Korean System in Y2K,” ibid.
5. Underwood, Horace G., “On the Ministry’s Romanization System. Korea
Journal Vol 12:5, pp. 26-28.
6. Rutt, Richard, “About the Romanization of Korean, ibid., Vol. 12:5, pp. 2025.
7.Compiled
by
Song
Ki-joong,
Glossary
of
Korean
Culture,
Jimmundang, 2001.
V. The Alphabet of Three Countries: Korea, China and Japan
1. Yi Ki-moon, “Linguistic Ties between Korea and Japan.” Korea Journal Vol. 19:2, pp 48-52.
2. Marshall R. Phil.,Jr., “The Alphabet of East Asia, The Korean Language, pp. 109-120.
3. Kim Hyong-gyu, “Chinese Characters and the Korean Language,” ibid., pp. 121-127.
VI. Specific Aspects of Honorifications
1. Ihm Ho-bin et al., “Honorifics and Humilfics,” Korean Grammar for International Learners, Yonsei
University Press, 2001, pp. 199-212.
2. Park Byung-soo, “Deconstruction of Speech Levels, Korea Journal Vol. 32:3, Autumn
1992.
VII. The Use of Personal Pronouns
1. The Term of Address “You” in South Korea Today, Korea Jounal Vol 32:1, pp.27-42.
2. Nam-kil Kim, “The Use of Personal Pronouns and Terms for Self-reference and
Address in Korean,” 말 제 10집, 연세대학교 한국어학당, 1985, 12, pp. 95.
VIII. Westerners on Korean Language
Marshall R. Phil., Jr., Westerners on Korean, Korean Language, pp. 55-70.
<Week 16> Final Exam.