KOREA’S CULTURAL HERITAGE

General Description Course Title: Korea’s Cultural Heritage Class Schedule: Monday 4th,6th & 7th Periods Credits: 3 Professor’s Name: SOHN Woo-hyun (손우현, 孫又鉉) E-mail: wsohn@hallym.ac.kr Office No.: 14403, International Hall Phone No.: 1885 Office Hours for Students: By appointment

I. Course Objectives and Course Summary This course entitled “Korea’s Cultural Heritage” is conducted in the English language and aims to provide an introduction to Korean culture for international students. The professor will draw on readable writings by leading scholars in Korean studies and his own experience in public diplomacy to make the course interesting and accessible to foreign students, whose mother tongue may not be English.

Lecture and discussion Power point presentation II. Teaching Method Lecture and discussion Power point presentation

III. Textbook An Introduction to Korean Culture Edited by John H. Koo & Andrew C. Nahm (Hollym, 1997)

IV. Additional Materials (ii) Essays on East Asian History and Cultural Traditions By Koh Byong-ik, Hallym Academy of Sciences Project Report, Vol. 103 (Sowha, 2004)

V. Grading Mid-term exam: 40% Final exam: 40% The final exam could be replaced by a term paper of approximately 1,000 to 1,500 words. Attendance and participation: 20% Students can be absent from two hours of class with no penalty. Each additional absence results in a one point deduction from the student’s overall score. Each late is a .5 pt deduction.

IV. Course Outline Introduction of the course Korean Language  Korean Writing and Hangul (Korean Alphabet) Korean Painting Korean Traditional Music and Dance Stone Pagodas and Buddha Images Korean Architecture and House Furniture Korean Traditional Ceramics Paper Making and Printing Oral Literature – History and Memorabilia of Three Kingdoms Sixteenth Century Korean Verse Seventeenth & Eighteenth Century Korean Prose Modern Korean Literature Post-Division & Post-War Korean Literature Review

Professor SOHN Woo-hyun: Education 1973: B.A. in French and Political Science, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul 1989: DESS in International Relations, Centre d’Etudes Diplomatiques et Strategiques, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Paris

Professor SOHN Woo-hyun: Career (i) 1972-81: Reporter, The Korea Herald, Seoul 1977-78: Paris Bureau Chief, The Korea Herald 1981-84: Reporter, The Yonhap News Agency, Seoul 1984-85: Press Attache, Korean Embassy in Jakarta 1985-89: Cultural and Press Attache, Korean Embassy in Paris

Professor SOHN Woo-hyun: Career (ii) 1989-91: Press Counselor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea in Geneva 1991-92: Director-General, Office of Information Policy, Ministry of Information, Seoul 1993: Director-General, International Public Affairs, Taejon Expo Organizing Committee, South Korea 1994-95: Counselor for Public Affairs, Korean Embassy in Ottawa 1995-96: Director-General for Foreign Media, Korean Overseas Information Service, Ministry of Information, Seoul

Professor SOHN Woo-hyun: Career (iii) 1996-98: Presidential Foreign Press Secretary, Seoul 1998-99: Director-General, Government Publishing Office, Seoul 2000-2004: Minister (Cultural Affairs), Korean Embassy in Paris July 2003: Member of the Korean Government Delegation to the 115th IOC General Assembly held in Prague 2004-2007: Secretary-General, Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation, Seoul 2007-present: Visiting Professor, Hallym University

Professor SOHN Woo-hyun: Awards 1994: Kunjong Pojang, Service Merit Medal of the Korean Government for outstanding civil service 2004: Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Republique Francaise (Knight of the Order of the Arts and Letters, French Republic)