<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Dear List Members,<br><br>I must apologize as this is my first message and already I am asking for some help, please excuse me.<br><br>I recently received B.A. in Political Science (from Warsaw University, located in the capital of Poland). My thesis was entitled „Art as a mean of political propaganda in North Korea”. Now, as a M.A. student, I am planning to prepare next work. Due to the fact, that since October I will join faculty of Korean Philology additionally, I also have to write next B.A. thesis. This time I have an idea of following subjects: <br>1. for M.A. thesis – „Contemporary Korean nationalism in the DPRK”<br>2. B.A. – „Linguistic aspects of written propaganda in North Korea” (from typically linguistic point of view, not concerning political science)<br><br>I began research to find materials about
these topics, for example by searching books on Web portals, e.g. Amazon or AbeBooks. I have already read or at least purchased books on Korean nationalism and propaganda written, among others, by Bryan Myers, Andrei Lankov, Bruce Cumings, Gi-Wook Shin, etc.<br><br>However, I do not have any idea how to find articles and dissertations (i.e. B.A./M.A. theses on similar topics, prepared on universities around the world), which are hard to obtain for non-scholars and publicly unavailable on the Web. Could you give me any help or suggestions, how to look for such works?<br><br>Do you know any researchers, who are specialized in following topics to whom I could write via e-mail for advice? Or any good articles or documents regarding exactly subjects I am interested in?<br><br>By the way, I would like to ask you about one more thing... Is it actually appropriate to ask scholars for their works directly, if I want them to make their texts available for me (by
sending via e-mail, in .pdf format)? I am very afraid that I may be construed as impolite...<br><br>I can read Korean that I learn since 3 years now, but I prefer English and generally I am rather looking for English-language materials.<br><br>I would be very grateful for any help from you.<br><br>Best regards,<br>Marta<br></div></body></html>