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	Korean Literature in Cultural Context and Comparative Perspective (집문당, 1997)

copyright 1997 by Cho Dong-il Jimpmoddngang Publishing Company 95 Waryong-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, Korea tel: (20) 743-3192/3 (02) 743-3096 fax: (02) 742-4657. (02)743-3097 ISBN 89-303-5001-1 Preface Though Korean literature has been receiving increasing attention in the Western academic world, regrettably there is no systematic introduction in English. Although the continuous translation of novels and poems and introductory essays about them will be helpful. The comprehensive history of Korean literature must be made available in English. But I think the most important task is to provide a book to clarify the significance of Korean literary study based upon Korean classical heritage. Such is the intension of this book. Korean literature is precious not because it adopts well the Western influence in the modem era, but because it played an active role in developing culture during Korea's history and it presented a typical example of the growth of a national literature, in the East Asian or in the world scope. Both sides, intermingling each other, present many important theoretical problems, which have been the themes of my 30 books written in Korean. As it is not easy to offer such voluminous achievements to Western academic world, here I present some summaries of important points. As indicated by the title, the main point of my research is to see the Korean literature in cultural context and comparative perspective. 1 think the results, even in these brief sketches, will arouse wide interest among those who search for new ideas to reconsider the world literary history as a cultural history, beyond Eurocentric view. I thank Mr. Emanuel Pastreich, a Ph. D. candidate of Harvard University. During his stay in Korea,1 fortunately received his valuable assistance in reading English proofs of many parts of this book. Seoul February,1997 Cho Dong-il Contents Preface Introduction to Korean Literature The Oral Sources of Korean Literature Oral Literature and Popular Consciousness Humour in the Folk Song Performance and Text of P'ansori The Social Context of Korean Literature Male-Female Partnership and Competition for the Classical Novel The Yangbdn Class and the Common People in Literature of the Eighteenth Century The Two-Stage Transitional Period to Modem Literature Cross-cultural Issues in Korean Studies Western Impact versus Korean Tradition in the Humanities Framework and Content of the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture European Interest in Korean Studies Prospects for Comparative Literature The Shaman Epics of the Koreans and the Neighbouring Peoples Traditional Forms of the Narrative and the Modem Novel The Sublime in Korean Literature and the Tragic in Western Toward a New Theory of the Periodization of World Literary History 이책에 대한 서평이 Franca Sinopoli, Literary Research 29 (London, Canada: University of Western Ontario 1998); Rivista Italiana di Letteratura Comparata, n.12/1998; Gregorg Nicholas Evon, The Review of Korean Studies vol. 3. no. 1 (The Academy of Korean Studies, 2000), 大澤吉博, <<比較文學硏究>> 76 (日本比較文學會, 2000)에 있다.


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