INTRODUCTION TO KOREAN CULTURE(LECTURE IN ENGLISH)

이 강좌는 교환학생으로 오는 프랑스 학생들을 대상으로 하는 과목으로 한국 문화를 이해하도록 하는 데 그 목적이 있다. 5000년 역사를 가진 한국의 문화유산을 소개하고 삼국 시대부터 고려 시대, 조선 시대를 거쳐 현대에 이르기까지 건축, 음악, 미술 분야 등에서 어떻게 발전되어 왔는지를 알아볼 것이다. 뿐만 아니라 한글 창제의 원리를 비롯하여 한국인의 의식주 문화, 현대 한국인들의 다양한 삶의 모습을 알아볼 것이다. 이를 통해 수강생들은 과거와 현재의 한국 문화를 이해할 수 있을 것이다.

Introduction to Korean Culture aims to help international students increase their understanding of Korean culture and conduct mutual cultural exchanges based on such understanding, thereby enhancing the value of common cultural development and mutual coexistence in the future.

1. Lectures on Korean culture are taught using text, video, photos, and the internet in parallel, comparing Korean culture with foreign cultures for sharing common aspects of culture. 2. Lectures will be classified into three parts, that is, Korean Wave (Hanryu), Korean traditional culture, and Korea’s UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. 1) The Korean Wave, which began to spread mainly in Asia in the mid-1990s, has spread throughout the world around in 2010. It has expanded its scope to all areas of Korean culture such as popular culture and lifestyle culture. The causes and processes of the Korean Wave will be introduced. 2) Korean traditional culture introduces various traditional forms such as traditional music, folk dance, painting, calligraphy, and porcelain which have recently become the origins of the Korean Wave. 3) There are 16 UNESCO Cultural Heritage Sites, 22 UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and 18 UNESCO Memory of the World in Korea. The major parts of culture, such as art, music, dance, literature, architecture, clothing, and food, have always coexisted in the past and present. Through UNESCO world cultural heritage in Korea, we will check together how Korean tradition and modernity coexist and continue.

There are two quiz tests on the content learned in this course, and the quiz tests are conducted during class. The midterm exam will be replaced by a cultural visit report written after visiting a Korean cultural site before the midterm exam. And all students will give a presentation on their cultural visit report. Failure to submit a report or presentation will result in a deduction of 20 points each. The final exam will be replaced by an essay comparing the cultures of Korea and your home country on the cultural topic of the cultural visit report. Examples of cultural essay topics include art such as music, art, sculpture, and dance, lifestyle such as food and clothing, and architecture, religion, ideology, sports, etc.

Prior study of Korean culture through pre-distributed lecture materials is recommended. The total attendance score is 20 points, and 1 point is deducted for each absence. Additionally, 1 point will be deducted for every 3 times you are late or leave early, and leaving class without permission will be treated as an absence. Absences due to school events must be accompanied by relevant documentation, and absences due to illness must be accompanied by a doctor's opinion or medical certificate to be acknowledged as attendance.

It provides class participants with an opportunity to exchange and develop mutual culture through understanding of Korean culture.