Korean Culture through Film and Drama

The subject “Korean Culture through Film and Drama” provides a comprehensive understanding of the diachronic developments inherent to Korean culture and society in the 20 th and 21 st centuries through the lens of films, dramas and other visual media products. This subject provides the students majoring in Korean Studies the opportunity to reflect on their language and culture achievements and to engage in a guided program which uses Korean films and dramas as a vehicle for in-depth cultural and linguistic understanding. Through the lens of films and dramas, this subject applies theoretical tools of Korean Studies to analyse how Korean culture and social identity are narrated, represented, constructed, and performed. The subject touches important concepts such as cultural nationalism, identity, invented traditions, social inequality, gender dynamics, aesthetics, and beauty. This subject uses audio/visual material in Korean language, and it is partially taught in Korean.