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For more details on the courses, please refer to the Course Catalog

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Code Course Title Credit Learning Time Division Degree Grade Note Language Availability
GCC3020 The Understanding and Creation of Web Novels 3 6 Major Bachelor 3-5 Studies of Glocal-Cultural Contents Korean Yes
‘Understanding and Creating Web Novels’ is a subject that learns various characteristics and narrative techniques of web novels and challenges basic creation. This lectures are divided into three parts, ① theory and history, ② reading and discussing novels, and ③ creating and grouping activities, for 4 weeks each. It deals with the theory and practice of historical and cultural changes from the PC communication period to the present, examining the industrial ecosystem and unique publishing relationship centered on the platform, genre characteristics and optimized sentence style, narrative development method, and directing characters and viewpoints. The novels to be read and discussed are selected as topics that sharply reflect the psychology of the contemporary public and have historical value for research in this field. Conversations with writers in the form of special lectures are also promoted. Reflecting the above educational activities, students write a web novel creation plan or pilot episode (3 to 4 A4 pages). Afterwards, through group activities, opinions are heard, and the final version is submitted.
GCC3021 Understanding Kcontent and Mystery narratives 3 6 Major Bachelor 3-4 Studies of Glocal-Cultural Contents Japanese Yes
Recently, mystery narratives have been gaining big attention in TV/OTT dramas and movies. They are expanding their scope by mixing with various genres such as police/crime, romance, history dramas and science fiction. The popularity of mystery narratives depends not only on the capabilities of star writers or fun of entertainment, but also on the desires and memories of comtemporary audiences, their awareness of history, their attitude toward the world, and their awareness of law and illegality. In this course, we study the concept and history of mystery narratives as a representative genre of K-contents, and analyze related dramas and films from a social, cultural, and gender perspective. This course will enable students to explore the meaning and definition of mystery narratives and critically examine various popular contents. The course will consist of lectures by the instructor and student presentations and discussions. Students analyze mystery narratives they are interested in and present the results.
GCC3022 Minorities·Technology·Media Spaces 3 6 Major Bachelor 3-4 Studies of Glocal-Cultural Contents Korean Yes
Media technologies have a profound impact on the way we understand and experience our bodies. This course aims to understand and analyse the relationship between media and technology and 'other' bodies. By "other" bodies I mean people with various identities such as illness, disability, LGBTQ, people of colour, etc. who are considered abnormal by society and whose existence is denied. In this course, students will learn about the categories and theories of minority media and cultural studies and analyse how different bodies are represented in the media and how they use media and technology to construct their lives. Based on this learning, students will write critical texts and engage in discussions. Through this course, students will develop the ability to critically interpret minority and media issues in society and rediscover the existence of difference beyond all hierarchies and norms of normality.
GCC3023 Understanding Web Novel Scene 3 6 Major Bachelor 3-4 Studies of Glocal-Cultural Contents Korean Yes
explores the art form of "web novels" through a macro understanding of how the market for web novels, a new pop culture phenomenon based on smartphones, is formed and functions. In doing so, we understand what popular culture is in the capitalist era and explore how members of the market shape the artistry of the object. Today, the narrative of the web novel is rapidly changing through the platform of the marketplace. In this course, we will observe how the market is organised, what mentality its members share and how they relate to each other to make web fiction work. This course consists of a theoretical lecture on the history of Korean popular genre literature, a theoretical lecture on the structure and current state of the web novel market, and a planning exercise for an actual web novel work based on these contents.
GCC3024 Digital Transformation and Narrative Environments 3 6 Major Bachelor 3-4 Studies of Glocal-Cultural Contents English Yes
Digital transformation means fundamentally changing every part of an organisation through the adoption and use of digital technologies. This is also happening in the media landscape of Korean literature. Understanding this transformation requires a holistic view that goes beyond individual texts. Today's 'literature' is intimately connected to digital platforms, recommendation algorithms and source IP, revolutionising the way it is created, distributed and consumed. This course aims to extend real-life media experiences to new discourses on Korean literature and popular culture. Students will be expected to think deeply about these issues and objects, and to write well-structured critical essays.
JAP2016 A View of Japanese Culture 3 6 Major Bachelor 1-2 Japanology Korean Yes
This course provides a view of contemporary issues about Japanese politics and culture by analyzing and studying Japanese weekly newsmagazines. Furthermore, it offers a broader perspective on Japanese overall values and mental structure.
JAP2024 Research on Japanese popular culture 3 6 Major Bachelor 1-2 Japanology Korean Yes
This course explores the formation and development of Japanese pop culture from the Meiji period to the present. It also deals with the process of development of representative genres of Japanese pop cultures such as cartoons, animations, games, and movies, studying their contemporary meaning.
JAP2025 Understanding of Japan Contemporary Arts 3 6 Major Bachelor 1-2 Japanology Korean Yes
This class provides understanding of Japanese art style and culture from the perspective of diverse. This course analyses various aspects of Japanese culture and society such as animation, movie, image, literature.
JAP2027 Contemporary Japanese society and East Asia 3 6 Major Bachelor 1-4 Japanology - No
The class aims at understanding Contemporary Japanese society in East Asia relationship. Especially this course will pay particular attention on the background of socio-political issues discussed in the East Asia. This course is to acquire basic knowledge of contemporary Japanese history and society and, through such knowledge, better understanding on contemporary Japanese society.
JAP2028 Studies on Japanese Manga and Anime 3 6 Major Bachelor 1-2 Japanology - No
This lecture focuses on exploring the values, historical consciousness, and social structure of Japanese society centered on representations in Japanese comics and animation. Students acquire basic theoretical framework and logic for analyzing representations in comics and animations, and develop students' ability to analyze individual works. We will also look at what the results of the analysis mean to us beyond the framework of Japan.
JAP3028 Japanese Culture and Movie 3 6 Major Bachelor 3-4 Japanology Korean Yes
This course provides an opportunity for students to understand the culture in Japan by appreciating japanese films. The film as the visual communications demonstrates the developments and changes of a society since it contains various aspects of culture. By analyzing various japanese films that have been produced in Japan, this course will provide an understanding of the culture and society of modern Japan.
JAP3029 Research of Modern Japanese Literature 3 6 Major Bachelor 3-4 Japanology Korean Yes
This course provides an understanding of Japanese contemporary literature and culture in a systematic manner. This class selects and discusses an certain issue from various fields of history, culture, politics, and economics within one semester.
JAP3031 International Order in East Asia and Japan 3 6 Major Bachelor 2-4 Japanology Korean Yes
The establishment of unique and particular relationships is the precondition for identifying a specific space among areas. Such relation network, different from that of other regions, exercises greater influence on all members involved, in either direct or indirect fashion. East Asia also had its own relation structure in the light of this fact. This course aims to examine changes in ways for countries to be connected in the pre-modern era and study Japanese history in the light of such relation network.
JAP3032 Reading Japanese Society in Japanese 3 6 Major Bachelor 3-4 Japanology Japanese Yes
This course aims at reading various social phenomena and culture in Japanese society through Japanese. Students can have a more direct and in-depth access to Japan by accessing Japanese society through Japanese texts, not Korean-translated texts.
JAP3033 COMPARATIVE KOREAN AND JAPANESE CULTURE 3 6 Major Bachelor 3-4 Japanology Korean Yes
Korea and Japan share not only geographical proximity but also the memory of colony-empire, but since the 1950s, they have been closely intertwined with each other as members of the US-led military-economic block of East Asia. This lecture focuses on Korean and Japanese culture and examines how the culture of these two regions was formed on this historical and political horizon. The purpose of the lecture is to enhance a deeper understanding that can overcome the current conflict between Korea and Japan.