An Introduction to Korean Culture

by Koo, John H.; Nahm, Andrew C.; Koo, John H.; Nahm, Andrew C.

• ISBN13: 9781565910867
• ISBN10: 1565910869
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: Hollym Intl

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	9	(2)
Preface	11	(2)
Pronunciation of Korean	13	(4)
1. The Land, Climate, and People	17	(24)
1. Location, Size and Population	17	(3)
2. Topography and Physical Features	20	(10)
3. The Economic Geography of North and South Korea	30	(4)
4. The People	34	(7)
2. History	41	(60)
1. Background	41	(1)
2. Premodern Korea: Through the Prehistoric Ages to the Dawn of Statehood	42	(4)
3. From the Three Kingdoms to a Unified State	46	(7)
4. Korea after Reunification	53	(19)
5. Modern Korea: Twilight of the Kingdom Choson	72	(7)
6. Japanese Colonial Rule and the National Liberation Movement	79	(7)
7. Liberation and Partition	86	(5)
8. The Korean War and After	91	(10)
3. Language	101	(20)
1. Introduction	101	(1)
2. Korean Writing	102	(2)
3. Dialects	104	(1)
4. Honorifics	105	(3)
5. Onomatopoetic Words	108	(2)
6. Dual System of Native and Sino-Korean Words	110	(1)
7. Some Grammatical Features	111	(10)
4. Folk Beliefs and Shamanism	121	(16)
1. Introduction	121	(5)
2. Shamanism	126	(5)
3. Variations of Shamanism	131	(6)
5. Confucianism	137	(18)
1. Introduction	137	(2)
2. Historical Setting	139	(2)
3. Confucian Ideology	141	(2)
4. Monuments	143	(2)
5. Education	145	(2)
6. Ceremonies	147	(2)
7. Confucianism in the Modern World	149	(6)
6. Buddhism	155	(24)
1. Introduction	155	(1)
2. The Teachings of the Buddha	156	(3)
3. The Korean Adoption of State-centered Buddhism	159	(3)
4. Buddhism and Korean Culture	162	(2)
5. Modern Buddhism Confronts the Christian Challenge	164	(4)
6. The Monastic Core of Korean Buddhism	168	(3)
7. The Buddhist Faithful	171	(8)
7. Christianity	179	(24)
1. Introduction	179	(2)
2. The First Christians	181	(2)
3. The Arrival of Protestantism	183	(2)
4. Christianity, Nationalism, and Modernization	185	(4)
5. Growth and Division after Liberation	189	(5)
6. Korean Characteristic of Korean Christianity	194	(9)
8. Korean Culture and Worldview	203	(18)
1. Introduction	203	(2)
2. Shamanistic Worldview	205	(2)
3. Buddhistic Worldview	207	(3)
4. Confucian Worldview	210	(3)
5. Christian Worldview	213	(3)
6. Symbiosis of Divergent Worldviews in Korea	216	(5)
9. Political Tradition and Contemporary Politics and Government	221	(26)
1. Traditional Political Culture	221	(9)
2. Contemporary Politics and Government	230	(11)
3. Conclusions	241	(6)
10. Politics in South Korea since 1993	247	(14)
1. Introduction	247	(1)
2. Civilian Government	248	(2)
3. Anti-Corruption Reforms	250	(2)
4. Democratization	252	(3)
5. Relations with North Korea	255	(6)
11. Traditional Culture and Society	261	(28)
1. Introduction	261	(2)
2. Confucianism and Patrilineal Ideology, Institutions and Practices	263	(2)
3. Filial Piety and the Separation of the Sexes	265	(3)
4. Patrilineal Corollaries: Marriage, Inheritance, Adoption, and Widowhood	268	(4)
5. Patrilineal Groups and Institutions	272	(4)
6. Confucianization as a Political and Ideological Process	276	(1)
7. Confucianism and Social Stratification	277	(3)
8. Confucianization as a Cultural and Social Process	280	(2)
9. Confucianism and Cultural Resistance	282	(3)
10. Conclusion	285	(4)
12. Education	289	(22)
1. Introduction	289	(3)
2. Education in Traditional Korea	292	(6)
3. Christian Mission Education in Korea	298	(2)
4. Education under Japanese Colonialism	300	(2)
5. Current Education in North Korea	302	(3)
6. Current Education in South Korea	305	(6)
13. Painting	311	(14)
14. Traditional Music and Dance	325	(34)
1. Introduction	325	(2)
2. Origins and Historical Background of Traditional Korean Music and Dance	327	(4)
3. The Classification of Traditional Korean Music	331	(6)
4. Particularities of Traditional Korean Music	337	(2)
5. Folk Music	339	(7)
6. The Dances of Traditional Korea	346	(13)
15. Stone Pagodas and Buddha Images	359	(18)
1. Introduction	359	(1)
2. Stone Pagodas	360	(5)
3. Stone Buddha Images	365	(12)
16. Architecture and House Furniture	377	(8)
1. Introduction	377	(1)
2. Characteristics of Floor Plans in Traditional Houses	378	(2)
3. Upper-Class Homes	380	(5)
17. Traditional Ceramics	385	(16)
18. Papermaking and Printing	401	(14)
1. Introduction	401	(1)
2. Movable Metal Type	402	(2)
3. Innovations Under King Sejong	404	(2)
4. Wood Block Printing	406	(2)
5. Papermaking	408	(3)
6. Bookmaking	411	(4)
19. Oral Literature	415	(14)
1. Introduction	415	(1)
2. Narratives	416	(5)
3. Songs	421	(2)
4. Sayings	423	(6)
20. Modern Poetry and Literature	429	(36)
1. Introduction	429	(2)
2. History and Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms	431	(3)
3. Young Man Ch'oyong and Sea View Temple	434	(6)
4. Sixteenth Century Korean Verse Literature	440	(2)
5. Sixteenth Century Korean Verse: A Sampler	442	(6)
6. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Prose	448	(4)
7. Modern Korean Literature	452	(3)
8. Modern Korean Literature to 1945	455	(4)
9. Post-Division, Post-War Korean Literature	459	(6)
Appendix: Holidays and Festivals	465	(6)
Index	471