Specialisation course 3600-7-KO4-PS(L)2

dr hab., prof. ucz. Ewa Rynarzewska
The subject of the lecture is the topos of "man without roots" (ppuri ppophin ingan). The main purpose of this lecture is to present (1) a new approach to describing the topos of "man without roots", (2) to determine its main literary models and (3) to describe the causes of his alienation, which lie in the historical, political, social and cultural processes. The basic research material includes selected prose works that belong to the canon of contemporary Korean literature.

This course will address a wide range of tragic historical issues, presented in South Korean books for young readers, including the problem of military prostitution during the Japanese occupation of Korea, the atomic attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Cheju and Kwangju massacres as well as the events of fratricidal Korean War. Throughout the course students will read selected books by South Korean writers, such as Chang Kyǒng-sǒn and Kwǒn Yun-dǒk, and analyze different ways of exposing the traumatic past.

dr hab., prof. ucz. Ewa Rynarzewska
Teache'r materials, selected works of Korean literature

Chang Kyǒng-sǒn, Kkoma, P’aju: Chakŭn sup ch'ulp'ansa, 2022.
Chang Kyǒng-sǒn, Sonyǒn gwa nǔktae, P’aju: Kurǔm pada, 2020.
Kwǒn Yun-dǒk, Kkot'almŏni, P’aju: Sa kyejŏl ch'ulp'ansa, 2019.
Kwǒn Yun-dǒk, Namu tojang, P’aju: P'yŏnghwa rŭl p'um ch'aek, 2016.
Kwǒn Yun-dǒk, Ssiksŭt'in, P’aju: P'yŏnghwa rŭl p'um ch'aek, 2020.

dr hab., prof. ucz Ewa Rynarzewska
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