<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Mike, </div><div>Sounds like a fascinating course. For short stories related to the Korean War, Pak Wanso's stories such as "In the Realm of the Buddha" in <i>The Red Room</i> quoted above; and those in <i>My Very Last Possession and Other Stories </i>work well in class<i>; </i>It might be interesting to compare Hwang Sok Young's works on the Korean and Vietnam Wars: <i>The Guest </i>with <i>The Shadow of Arms, </i>for example, although these are long novels. <i> </i>Other recommended works about the Vietnam War are Le Minh Khue's <i>The Stars, the Earth, the River</i> and Bao Ninh's <i>The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam</i>. How about films? Relating Korean, U.S. and Vietnamese filmic representations of the Vietnam War would be interesting. Korean films such as <i>White Badge</i> and <i>Sunny</i> (´ÔÀº ¸Õ°÷¿¡) come to mind... >From Hollywood, there are so many, but <i>Apocalypse Now</i> and <i>Deer Hunter</i> are classics that still work well in class. You could do something similar with films and literature about the Korean war.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Aimee</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Jina Kim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jinaekim@hotmail.com" target="_blank">jinaekim@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div dir="ltr">Hi Mike,<div><br></div><div>I would also recommend <i>The Useless Servants</i> by Rolando Hinojosa and <i>The Surrendered </i>by Chang Rae Lee. Both of these are novels but excerpts can be assigned.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Jina </div><div>Smith College</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><hr>From: <a href="mailto:robime@indiana.edu" target="_blank">robime@indiana.edu</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:koreanstudies@koreanstudies.com" target="_blank">koreanstudies@koreanstudies.com</a><br>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 20:06:46 +0000<br>Subject: [KS] book search for teaching<div><div><br><br>
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<p>Dear Colleagues:</p>
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<p>I’m teaching a course in the spring term on “The Cross Cultural Experiences of War” which deals with US wars in Asia….WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam.</p>
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<p>I’m using fiction in part to get students to think about how these wars have affected our attitudes and relations with East Asia. I am using Heinz Insu Fenkl’s wonderful “Memories of My Ghost Bother” to cover Korean War aftermaths…..but
I was wondering if there is some new translation collections from Korean of short stories centered around the War that I might use as well.</p>
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<p>Happy Holidays,</p>
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<p>Mike Robinson</p>
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