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The understanding and appreciation of famous Western works

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Type:	Courseware
Language:	Korean

Institution:: Korea Foreign Language University

Author:: 김규진

Lectures:: 27

Abstract: Western history of literature centered on famous Western works

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No.	Lecture	Description
1	Background to Western literature 1	Traditions of Hebraism and Hellenism
2	Background to Western literature 2	Traditions of Hebraism and Hellenism - Understanding the importance of Western literature. - Learning about factors that influenced the development of Western literature. - Understanding the background to ancient Greek literature from the perspectives of culture and education.
3	Background to Western literature 3	Traditions of Hebraism and Hellenism - Analyzing the characteristics of Hellenism and Hellenism’s influence on later ages. - Analyzing the characteristics of Hebraism and Hebraism’s influence on later ages.
4	Classic literature of Greece and Rome 1	From the Greek dramatist Sophocles’ Oedipus the King to the Roman epic poet Vergil - Categorizing ancient Greek literature by kind, and knowing the characteristics of each. - Categorizing Roman and Latin literature by age, and knowing the characteristics of each.
5	Classic literature of Greece and Rome 2	From the Greek dramatist Sophocles’ Oedipus the King to the Roman epic poet Vergil - The life of Sophocles and the characteristics of his works. - The synopsis of Oedipus the King. - The key themes and influences of Oedipus the King.
6	Literary tradition of Medieval Ages 1	This course deals with the literature of the Medieval ages centered on Dante’s La Divina Commedia. - The works of authors in the Medieval Ages (dark age). - Christian Latin writers. - French language epic poems and stories begun in southern France in the late Medieval Ages. - The literature and its characteristics, and temporal situations of various Western nations in the Medieval Ages.
7	Literary tradition of Medieval Ages 2	This course deals with the literature of the Medieval ages centered on Dante’s La Divina Commedia. - Dante’s life and the characteristics of his works. - The synopsis of La Divina Commedia. - The key themes and influences of La Divina Commedia.
8	Tradition of Renaissance literature 1	This course deals with Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Cervantes’ works, and other Renaissance literary works. - The origin and concept of Renaissance, and temporal backgrounds to literature. - The characteristics of Renaissance literature. - The characteristics of Renaissance literature of various Western nations.
9	Tradition of Renaissance literature 2	This course deals with Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Cervantes’ works, and other Renaissance literary works. - The origin and concept of Renaissance, and temporal backgrounds to literature. - The characteristics of Renaissance literature. - The characteristics of the Renaissance literature of various Western nations.
10	Tradition of neoclassical literature 1	This course deals with an overview of neoclassical literature centered on Molière’s The Miser. - The literary characteristics of the classical age. - The characteristics and writers of classical English literature of the UK. - Knowing why German classicism could not properly claim its arguments; literary characteristics. - The characteristics of Russian literature with remarkable civil or democratic features, and representative Russian writers.
11	Tradition of neoclassical literature 2	This course deals with an overview of neoclassical literature centered on Molière’s The Miser . - Racine’s major works which represent France’s classical dramas, and his literary characteristics. - The synopsis of Pedro. - The literary value and significance of Pedro.
12	Tradition of romantic literature 1	This course deals with romantic literature overview centered on Goethe’s Faust Part 1. - The background to, and the romanticism and characteristics of romantic literature. - The characteristics of romanticism of the UK, France, the USA, etc.
13	Tradition of romantic literature 2	This course deals with romantic literature overview centered on Goethe’s Faust Part 1. - The representative writers of German romanticism. - The synopsis of Faust. - Writers and other figures who influenced Goethe.
14	Tradition of realistic literature 1	This course deals with realism and naturalism centered on Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. - The characteristics of realistic literature in association with temporal backgrounds. - The relations between realism and naturalism. - The characteristics of realism of various Western nations.
15	Tradition of realistic literature 2	This course deals with realism and naturalism centered on Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. – The Russian writer Dostoyevsky. - The synopsis of Crime and Punishment. - The literary value and significance of Crime and Punishment.
16	Tradition of naturalism literature 1	This course deals with the naturalistic literature overflow centered on Flaubert’s Madame Bovary. - Characteristics of naturalistic literature in association with temporal backgrounds. - Characteristics of naturalistic literature of various Western nations.
17	Tradition of naturalism literature 2	This course deals with the naturalistic literature overflow centered on Flaubert’s Madame Bovary. – The working world of French writer Flaubert. - The synopsis of Madame Bovary. - The literary value and significance of Madame Bovary.
18	Modernist literature overview 1	This course deals with modernist literature centered on French symbolism poet Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil). - Characteristics of modernist literature in association of temporal backgrounds. - Diverse characteristics of modernist literature of various Western nations.
19	Modernist literature overview 2	This course deals with modernist literature centered on French symbolic poet Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil). - French symbolic and modernist literature. - Baudelaire’s representative work Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil). - Other modernist works.
20	Early 20th century literature and surrealism 1	This course deals with early 20th century’s literature-ism including surrealism centered on Kafka’s Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis). - Temporal backgrounds of the early 20th century. - The literary characteristics of the early 20th century. - Literature of various nations in the early 20th century.
21	Early 20th century literature and surrealism 2	This course deals with early 20th century’s literature-ism including surrealism centered on Kafka’s Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis). - The German literature of the early 20th century. - Kafka’s Die Verwandlung.
22	Existential literature overview 1	This course deals with existential literature overview centered on Camus’s The Stranger. - European literature and existentialism in the middle 20th century in association with temporal backgrounds. - Literary characteristics in the middle 20th century. - Literature of various nations in the mid 20th century.
23	Existential literature overview 2	This course deals with existential literature overview centered on Camus’s The Stranger. - French engagement and existential literature. - Camus’s The Stranger. - Other various works.
24	Latter-half 20th century and absurd dramas	This course deals with Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea and absurd dramas. - The temporal backgrounds of the latter-half of the 20th century. - The literary characteristics and absurd dramas in the latter-half of the 20th century. - Literary characteristics of various nations in the latter-half of the 20th century.
25	Latter-half of the 20th century and absurd dramas	This course deals with Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea and absurd dramas. - The US modern literature maestro Hemingway. - The synopsis and literary characteristics of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. - Other modernist works.
26	Postmodern literature in the latter-half of the 20th century	This course deals with postmodern literature overview centered on Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being. - The temporal backgrounds to the advent of postmodernism. - The characteristics of postmodern literature. - Postmodern writers of various nations and their characteristics.
27	Postmodern literature in the latter-half of the 20th century	This course deals with postmodern literature overview centered on Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being. - The representative postmodern writer Kundera. - Milan Kundera’s work: The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

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