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, such as 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, architecture, sculpture, 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, ceramics, 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 you 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. The final exam will be replaced by an essay comparing the cultures of Korea and your home country on the topic of your cultural visit report. Examples of cultural essay topics include music, fine arts, sculpture, dance, food, clothing, architecture, religion, ideology, sports, etc. The total attendance score is 20 points, and 1 point is deducted for each absence. If you miss more than 10 classes, which is one-third of the total class hours, your grade will automatically fail.

Prior study of Korean culture through pre-distributed lecture materials is recommended.

Through the IKC (Introduction to Korean Culture) course, you will be able to understand the origin and development of Korean culture, and also understand the process of how it formed the current K-Culture. Understanding Korean culture through this course will help you understand Korean society, and by participating in cultural exchange activities that share and develop each other's culture, you will contribute to the cultural development of both countries.