TRACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH KOREAN LITERATURE

Reporter: Cyrel Mallie D. Latiza

PERIOD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND LITERARY PRODUCTIONS NOTABLE WRITINGS DESDCRIPTION/GISTS/THEME

AND MOVEMENTS WRITERS
Classical Period  Dancheong, Legends- are the stories Gim Manjung Record of Lady Sa's Trip A fictional work intended for
decorative paintings passed down by word of to the South women's readership.
on a building mouth over thousands of
at Gyeongbok Palace years on the Korean
 Lotus lantern festival Peninsula and only written
 Hunminjeongeum- a down in historical times.
Korean calligraphy
  court dance and folk Folk tales- derives from a
dance.  variety of belief systems,
 Hanok- Traditional including Shamanism,
house Confucianism, Buddhism
 Hanbok- traditional and more recently
dress. Christianity.
 Shamanism- original
religion of the Korean Epics- a long poem,
people. typically one derived from
ancient oral tradition,
narrating the deeds and
adventures of heroic or
legendary figures or the
history of a nation.

Folk songs- It includes Other writings: The story explains how the
court music, folk music, Legends- Changsega sky and the earth were
poetic songs, and separated by a giant god
religious music used in named Mireuk,
 shamanistic and Buddhist
traditions.  Folktales- The Green The importance of respect to
Frogs parents.
Poetry- Korean poetry
originally was meant to be
sung, and its forms and Epic- Jewang Ungi depicts the history of
styles reflect its melodic Korea from Dangun to King
origins. The basis of its Chungnyeol, 
prosody is a line of
alternating groups of three Folk song- Arirang Embodies the unique energy
or four syllables, which is of Korean people.
probably the most natural
rhythm to the language.
Poetry- Towards the field Talks about sleep and dreams.
of sleep

Modern Period  Dancheong- large drum Proverbs- To express the Han Kang Human Acts: A novel
with decorative idea that you can make it solidarity and suffering in
painting. easy for someone to do the shadow of a massacre
 Korean pop something, but you can't
 Noraebang- karaoke force them to do it.
 Korean movies
 Online games Chant- is the iterative
speaking or singing of
words or sounds, often
primarily on one or two
main pitches called
reciting tones.
Proverbs or sayings- Even Even though it’s a small
an ant hole can cause a thing, it matters.
levee to collapse.
A chant advising a kind-
Chant- Beompae hearted life.