Oriental languages and civilizations

Educational Goals. This course offers an insight into culture and history with an emphasis on major changes and continuities. It will explore particular topics relevant to understanding the historical processes of modern Korea. The course will follow an analytical and historical-anthropological approach, possibly with specific attention to the position of Korea in the regional and world history context. In addition to lectures, the program uses readings from historical sources and audiovisual material in order to bring the student as close as possible to historical events. Specific Goals At the end of the course the student will have to know the general lines of the story and a general understanding of Korean culture. The goal is not just the transmission of information, but to provide new perspectives on Korea to help students develop their own. In order to achieve this objective, the reading and the critical and contextualised analysis of some extracts from written sources, which are more representative for the examined historical period , will be particularly helpful.