HIST2390 History of Korea
2020-2021年度 第二學期
OBJECTIVES
This course introduces and examines the historical development of Korea over the past 2,000 years up to the present. It covers the imperial era comprising the periods of Three Kingdoms, Koryo Dynasty, and Choson Dynasty, which ended in 1910 when Japan annexed Korea, the period of Japanese colonialism, independence movement and Korean War, and subsequently the separation between South and North Koreas, each of which has experienced extremely divergent pathways of development since the 1950s. The course also analyzes and discusses major factors that affecting the transformation of Korea over different stages of historical development.
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Introduction: Understanding Korean History No readings required |
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From Three Kingdoms to Silla’s Unification Seth, pp. 27-47 |
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Founding of Koryo Dynasty Kim, pp. 122-154 |
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Koryo and the Mongol Conquest Hwang, pp. 33-40, 51-59; Seth, 103-126 |
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Transition to Choson Dynasty Lee, pp. 162-165, 189-192, 209-217; Seth, pp. 127-156 |
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The Great Korean Empire Kim, pp. 270-320 |
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Japanese Colonial Rule Hwang, pp. 150-160; Seth, Ed., pp. 111-140 |
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Korean Nationalism and Independence Movement Lee, pp. 338-345, 359-372; Seth, Ed., pp. 153-168 |
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Korean War and Two Koreas Seth, Ed., pp. 171-194 |
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Park Chung Hee and South Korea Hwang, pp. 225-248 |
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North Korea‘s Communist Regime Seth, Ed., pp. 197-220 *Course Evaluation |
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12 |
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Democratization and Unification(?) Seth, Ed., pp. 314-325 |
Tutorial: 25 Marks
There are four tutorial sessions. Students will be divided into groups to make one presentation based on the assigned reading materials. The mark distribution of this component comprises 17 marks for Presentation Performance, and 8 marks for Participation (including Comments and Discussion). Please note that 6 marks will be deducted for being absent from one tutorial session (i.e. 12 marks to be deducted for being absent from two tutorial sessions, and so on).
Tutorial Topics (Tentative)
Tutorial 1: Choson Korea
Deuchler, M. Neo-Confucianism: The Impulse for Social Action in Early Yi Korea. The Journal of Korea Studies, 2 (1980), pp. 71-111.
Tutorial 2: Late Choson Korea
Park, A. Building a Heaven on Earth: Religion, Activism, and Protest in Japanese Occupied Korea. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2015, pp. 23-55.
Tutorial 3 (1 Mar): Korea under Japanese Rule
Brudnoy, D. Japan’s Experiment in Korea. Monumenta Nipponica, 25 (1/2), 1970, pp. 155-195.
Tutorial 4: Korean Nationalism
Robinson, M. Ideological Schism in the Korean Nationalist Movement, 1920-1930: Cultural Nationalism and the Radical Critique. The Journal of Korean Studies, 4 (1982-83), pp. 241-268.
Review on Tutorial Assigned Readings: 25 Marks
Submit an approximately 2,000-word review essay based on the reading materials assigned for tutorial presentation. The submission deadline is two weeks after tutorial presentation.
Take-Home Exam: 50 Marks
Students will be allowed around three weeks to write an essay in English with around 3,500 words in response to one of a few questions to be announced in the second last lecture, when more details (including submission date and methods) will be given.
REQUIRED TEXTS
- Hwang, K. A History of Korea. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. (Hwang)
- Kim, J. A History of Korea: From “Land of the Morning Calm” to States in Conflict. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2012. (Kim) – E-book
- Lee, K. A New History of Korea. Translated by Edward W. Wagner. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. (Lee)
- Seth, M. A History of Korea: From Antiquity to the Present. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2011. (Seth)
- Seth, M. Ed. Routledge Handbook of Modern Korean History. London: Routledge, 2016. (Seth, Ed.)
The course information is tentative and subject to change and confirmation when the semester begins in early January 2021.
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學生遞交作業時，必須連同已簽署的聲明一併提交，表示他們知道有關政策、規則、指引及程序。
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- 如作業以電腦製作、內容以文字為主，並經由大學「維誠」系統 (VeriGuide) 提交者，學生將作業的電子檔案上載到系統後，便會獲得收據，收據上已列明有關聲明。
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學生只須提交作業的最終版本。
學生將作業或作業的一部份用於超過一個用途（例如：同時符合兩科的要求）而沒有作出聲明會被視為未有聲明重覆使用作業。學生重覆使用其著作的措辭或某一、二句句子很常見，並可以接受，惟重覆使用全部內容則構成問題。在任何情況下，須先獲得相關老師同意方可提交作業。