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Colonial Modernity in Korea
KRLIT 617 Level: AdvancedCornell University
Prerequisites: fluency in Korean and permission of instructor. Readings in Korean, class taught in English. This course examines the nature of colonial modernity in Korea, its effects on the economy, society and resistance movements, and intellectual responses to it. The objective is to analyze the relation between colonialism and capitalist development and the roots of Korea's division. Readings will involve theoretical works, contemporary scholarship, and primary source materials.