Introduction of the DepartmentThe K

Introduction of the Department

The Korean language and literature is an area where we study the tradition and reality of the Korean language and literature systematically and comprehensively. The major area of Korean language and literature is mainly divided into the Korean literature and Korean linguistics. The Korean literature is composed of the classic literature which study the poetry, prose, literature history and Chinese culture in Korea of the traditional age, and the modern literature which study the poems, novels, plays and criticism, etc, as well as the language and cultural phenomena since the modern age. And the Korean linguistic is a area where we can study the history of Korean language, and letters, phonology, vocabulary, meaning, the changes in grammar, the used cases, and so on. In addition to these education courses, we also manage the education course which is related to how to write the poems, novels and criticism, and in order to satisfy the needs of modern times, we connect with East Asian Studies, Comparative Culture, Glocal Culture Contents to provide variety and refreshing education courses.

With the founding of the university in 1946, the Korean language and literature of Sunkyunkwan university was started with the teacher named Donam-Joyunje who is the head of the study about classic literature history, and the teacher named Bakjonghwa who had done great contribution on modern literature. More than 65years old, as the home of Korean language & literature and the study of koran, our department has defended the tradition and honor, and more than 2500 students graduated. As healthy citizens, they play very important roles in every society areas. Especially elementary, middle and high school teachers, university professors, writers and poets and critics, journalists, publishers, businessmen, they are active positively.