Comp Lit #1

The Translator sends along an item of interest: I was reading the pdf file (This is a link directly to the PDF of “Twentieth Century Korean Literature.” ) and came across a poem on page 14. I thought it would be interesting (for what end, I don’t know) to translate it myself and compare The…

Novel Serialization; The Web; Korean Democratization

In Part One of this series(?) I talked a little bit about the historical fact that Korean authors have often published their works serially, in newspapers and magazines. As I’ve thought about this a bit more, and done some reading, I’ve tentatively concluded: This was a conscious social effort at modernization with a strong latter…

Maybe I should have Concentrated on Bibimbap?

According to an article from the Yonhap it’s all about food! Original translation by virtue of the translator… (서울=연합뉴스) 강진욱 기자 = 외국인들이 한국에 대해 가장 큰 관심을 갖고 있는 것은 한식인 것으로 나타났다. (Seoul, Yeonhap News) Kang Jin Uk Reporter. For foreigners, Korean food is what draws the most interest about Korea. 사이버 외교사절단…