CONTENTS

PREFACE

A BRIEF HISTORY OF KOREAN LITERATURE TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

PART 1: ANANTHOLOGY OF KOREAN LITERATURE

The Samguk sagi (1145)

“Song of the Oriole”

 

The Samguk yusa (1285)

Book 1: Tan’gun (Ancient Chosŏn)

Book 2: The Story of Lady Suro

Book 2: Ch’ŏyong and Manghae Temple

Book 2: King Mu

Koryŏ Songs

“Would You Go?”

“Song of Green Mountains”

HISTORY AS LITERATURE: THE POLITICAL AND CULTURAL TRANSITION FROM KORYŎ TO CHOSŎN

The Sijo Exchange Between Yi Pang-wŏn and Chŏng Mong-ju

 

The Koryŏsa: The History of Koryŏ

Book 2: The Ten Injunctions and the Death of Wang Kŏn

Book 117: Biographies: Chŏng Mong-ju

 

Song of the Dragons Flying to Heaven

EARLY CHOSŎN (1392–1598)

Sijo

Sijo Songs

“Song of the Five Friends” by Yun Sŏn-do

Sijo by Chŏng Ch’ŏl

Sijo Ascribed to Kisaeng

Kasa

“Song to Spring” by Chŏng Kŭg-in

“Song of Longing” by Chŏng Ch’ŏl

“Song of a Humble Life” by Pak Il-lo

“Married Sorrow” by Hŏ Nansŏrhŏn

Hanmun: Poems and Prose in Chinese

Hansi by Yi Kyu-bo and Others

Hansi by Hŏ Nansŏrhŏn

Hansi by Lady Chŏng and Other Women

“The Story of Master Hŏ” by Pak Chi-wŏn

PART 2: NEGOTIATIONS IN KOREAN LITERARY CULTURE

INTRODUCTION

CH’ŎYONG AND MANGHAE TEMPLE: A PARABLE OF LITERARY NEGOTIATION

SONG OF THE DRAGONS FLYING TO HEAVEN: NEGOTIATING HISTORY

PERFORMANCE AND KOREAN SIJO VERSE: NEGOTIATING DIFFERENCE

CONCLUSION

NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF NAMES AND TITLES
SUBJECT INDEX