Readings in Modern Korean Literature

Readings in Modern Korean Literature provides advanced students (those with at least four years of college-level training in Korean) with materials that will help them understand and appreciate modern Korean literary traditions as well as challenge them to use their Korean-language competence to the fullest extent. It offers the student a wide range of literary writing, including three different genres of poetry, short stories, and essays. Each piece is accompanied by a vocabulary glossary and notes, explanations of socio-cultural details, an introduction to the author, and a translation. The textbook is distinguished by a variety of exercises designed to enhance students’ proficiency in referential reading, writing, and comprehension skills.

• Yung-Hee Kim, Author

  Yung-Hee Kim is Professor of Korean literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Her publications include Questioning Minds: Short Stories by Modern Korean Women Writers and Readings in Modern Korean Literature (co-authored).

• Jeyseon Lee, Author

  Jeyseon Lee, PhD, is a lecturer and the faculty supervisor of the Korean Language Program at the University of California, San Diego. She holds a PhD in Korean Linguistics from the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.