[KS] UC Berkeley-ICF Korean Literature Forum in Seoul (October 15, SNU Hoam Faculty House)

Center for Korean Studies cks at berkeley.edu
Mon Sep 30 17:35:27 EDT 2013


For those in Seoul on October 15, you are cordially invited to attend a
forum on the globalization of Korean literature, which is jointly organized
by UC Berkeley and the International Communication Foundation.  The full
program can be found in the following link and below.  The forum is free
and open to the public.  No RSVP required.

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*International Communication Foundation-University of California, Berkeley*

*2013 Korean Literature Forum*



-     *Time/Date*: October 15, 2013, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

-     *Location*: Hoam Faculty House (Sooryun Hall), Seoul National
University

-     *Note: *Simultaneous English/Korean translation to be provided. * *



*Theme: “Can Korean Literature Go Global?  Should it?”*

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The Korean Wave has become a buzzword around the world. The phenomenal
successes of South Korean television drama and South Korean popular music
are evident across and around the world. South Korean films, moreover, have
garnered great critical acclaim, and classical music composers and
performers are visible at the most distinguished music capitals and
orchestras in Europe and North America. The tremendous advances of South
Korean soft power have one obvious lacuna: literature. The forum will
explore why South Korean literary works - novels, stories, and poems - have
yet to produce a Mo Yan or a Murakami Haruki among the global readership.
In querying why South Korean literature has yet to find a wide readership
beyond South Korea, it will also consider the nature of national literature
in a globalizing world.



Moderator: *Clare You* (University of California, Berkeley)

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*Opening (9:00-9:**2**0)*

9:00-9:10 Welcome Remarks: *Suk-Kee Yoh *(Chairman, International
Communication Foundation)

9:10-9:20 Opening Remarks: *John Lie* (University of California, Berkeley)



*Keynote Speech (9:20-10:00)** *Topic: *Concerning the Globalization of
Korean Literature***

Speaker: *Byongik Kim *(Korean Literary Critic)

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*Morning Session (10:15 – 11:45): Global Literature in the Age of
Globalization*

This session will discuss the nature of trans-national literature in the
age of globalization. Why and how do some works garner readership beyond
the national audience? Does global literature imply the attenuation of
national specificity?

*Discussant*: *Daniel O’Neill *(University of California, Berkeley)

*Richard Silberg* (Poetry Flash)

Topic: *The Traditionless American Tradition and its Relative Impermeability
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*Insuk Kim* (Writer)

Topic: *Conversations with Foreign Readers of My Works*

*Daniel O’Neill* (University of California, Berkeley

Topic: *The Elephant(s) in the Room: Japan**, Global Literature, and the
Translational*

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*Afternoon Session 1 (1:30-3:00): The World Republic of Literature*

This session will look at practical aspects of trans-national literary
dissemination. It will look at the nature of publishing beyond South Korea
and the role of translators.

*Discussant*: *Bruce Fulton* (University of British Columbia)

*Reed Malcolm* (University of California Press)

Topic: *Publishing Opportunities and Challenges in a Digital Age*

*Bruce Fulton* (University of British Columbia)

Topic: *They Like to Sing and Dance: Intertextuality in Pak Chiyun’s
‘Songinshik’*

*Sunyoung Lee* (Kaya Press)

Topic: *CREATIVE DIASPORAS AND PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITIES: Experiments
in **Independent
Literary Publishing from an Asian Diasporic Perspective*

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*Afternoon Session 2 (3:30-5:00): Literature in the Age of the Media*

This session will explore the place of literature among other genres of
popular culture, such as movies, music, and visual art. It will also seek
to pursue the questions raised by the two previous sessions.

*Discussant*: *John Lie* (University of California, Berkeley)

*John Lie* (University of California, Berkeley)

Topic:  *Vicissitudes of Virtuosity and the Fickleness of Fortuna and Fama**?
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*Paul Yi* (Writer and Producer)

Topic: *A Personal History on the Explosion of Modern Korean Cinema in the
Int’l Market*

*Wayne **de **Fremery* (Sogang University)

Topic: *Alternate Algorithms for Reading Korean Literature** *

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*Event co-organized by the International Communication Foundation and
University of California, Berkeley, Center for Korean Studies, with
generous support by the*

*International Communication Foundation.*
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