Shijo Rhythms
Author: YI I
Publisher: Literature Translation Institute of Korea
Published: 2016-12-01
Total Pages: 63
ISBN-13: 8993360421
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The Book of Korean Shijo
Author: Kevin O'Rourke
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-03-23
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1684173752
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Korean genre known as shijo is short song lyrics. Originally meant to be sung rather than recited, these short poems are light, personal, and very often conversational. The language is simple, direct, and devoid of elaboration or ornamentation. The shijo poet gives a firsthand account of his personal experience of life and emotion: the rise and fall of dynasties, friendship, love, parting, the pleasures of wine, the beauty and transience of life, the inexorable advance of old age. In this anthology of translations of 612 shijo, Kevin O'Rourke introduces the English reader to this venerable and witty style of verse. The anthology covers the entire range of shijo production from the tenth century to the modern era.
Understanding Korean Literature
Author: Hung-Gyu Kim
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-09-16
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 1315285312
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study examines the development and characteristics of various historical and contemporary genres of Korean literature. It presents explanations on the development of Korean literacy and offers a history of literary criticism, traditional and modern, giving the discussion an historical context.
Hanyang Kut
Author: Maria K. Seo
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-08-21
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 1000005437
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume, first published in 2002, presents a sophisticated analysis of the musical instruments, repertoires, musicians and ensembles, and symbolism of the ritual music of Shamans of Seoul, Korea. Placed firmly in a social and historical context, it shows that Shamanism, considered superstition by many today, is alive and well in Seoul in a rich tradition reaching back to the Chosôn Dynasty (1392-1910), the capital of which was Hanyang (now Seoul). The instruments, dress and other accoutrements of courtly life from the Chosôn Dynasty have been taken up, although transformed, in contemporary rituals among spirit-possessed Shamans. Through a comparison of Hanyang kut - the rituals of the Hanyang Shamans - and the ritual practice of Inner Asian Shamans, and through an analysis of the relations of spirit-possession music rituals to musok, the indigenous religion of Korea, Seo sheds light on the role of music, spiritual practice and culture in present-day Korea.
Routledge Library Editions: Korean Studies
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-03-11
Total Pages: 1986
ISBN-13: 1000398110
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of out-of-print books brings together research on the key aspects of Korea: its business world; religious world; society; and language. It is an essential reference collection.
Songgang kasa
Author: CHONG CH΄OL
Publisher: Literature Translation Institute of Korea
Published: 2016-12-01
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 8993360596
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNotes on Things Korean
Author: Suzanne Crowder Han
Publisher: Hollym
Published: 2012-08-13
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 1565915046
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNotes on Things Korean offers an insightful look at the traditions and cultural heritage of the Korean people. A compilation of concise and informative notes on a wide range of topics, this book is for anyone interested in Korean life, thought, and culture. The notes, some illustrated with sketches and drawings, are presented alphabetically under such headings as Beliefs and Customs, Arts and Crafts, Music and Dance, Language and Letters, Historic Figures, Famous Places and Monuments, and Games and Sports. There are more than one hundred fifty entries which include, for example, descriptions of traditional arts, crafts, games, clothing, housing, and food, and explanations of customs and traditions and the significance of certain persons, places, and artifacts. Students of Korean studies, writers and translators should find this book very useful, especially the glossary which contains nearly four hundred entries suitable for use in footnotes. In revising the book, some entries are deleted and a few new ones are added, because, for example, a building was demolished or a structure was restored. In regard to the Romanizing of Korean terms, the book has chosen to continue using a modified version of the McCune-Reischauer system, which is the preferred method of most academics.
The Brush and the Sword: kasa
Author: CHŎNG KŬG-IN
Publisher: Literature Translation Institute of Korea
Published: 2016-12-01
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 8993360723
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Shijo Poet at the Court of King Sonjo
Author: Kevin O'Rourke
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-02-04
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 131779270X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Shijo Poet at the Court of K•ing Somo: The Pine River Songs is translation of Songgang kasa, Chong Ch'ol's (1536-1593) famous collection of-Korean songs. The translations are by Kevin O'Rourke, one of the foremost translators of Korean literature into English in the world today. Professor O'Rourke includes in the volume a biographical sketch of the Choson dynasty poet-official and a crifica1 analysis of his work. These essays provide a fascinating background to the life and work of this enigmatic man. Royal Inspector (governor of a province, personal secretary to the king, second minister general of the army - these are some of the positions held by Chong Ch'ol during a career that was punctuated by periods of voluntary retirement, dismissal and exile. He was by nature a brilliant but rather stubborn man. Loved by his friends, hated py his enemies, his life was marked by continuous controversy. Korean commentators traditionally regard Chong Ch'ol as the greatest exponent of the essay-poem genre called kasa- his kasa were immensely popular in his own lifetime - and they consistently place him among_ the great shijo poets. Readers of A Shijo Poet at the Court of King Sonjo: The Pine River Songs will be struck by the literary quality of the shijo, which are without peer in the history of the genre, and by the urbanity and cultiva1ion of the Kasa poems. These poems come alive for the first time in English versions that stand on their own as English poems.
