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AnonymousProfessor Kim's slide show had great information regarding Korea. She included great photos of traditional Korean attire that can be used for a lesson on the differences and similarities of attire from Korea and other countries such as Japan. The slide show was wonderful which I will save to refer back and use in my classroom.
AnonymousProfessor Kim's presentation also contained some information regarding Korean Arts. I was curious to learn more about the T'alch'um Mask Dance. One website, http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/perform/mask_dances.htm, which contains information provided by the Korean embassy had information on four different types of mask dances. I learned that Korean mask dances are known as T'alch'um, Sandae nori, Ogwangdae, and Yayu. Masks are used because during ancient times masks were believed to drive away malicious spirits, diseases, and fearsome animals. Korean masks dances date back to the court entertainers of the Shilla Kingdom. The dominant themes of these dances were to relieve the anger of the commoners against the ruling class, make fun of debauched monks, expose the triangular relationship between husband, wife, and concubine, and lastly to encourage virtue and punish vice.
AnonymousAs I am contemplating my curriculum for next semester, I have found the information in Professor Kim's slideshow to be helpful. As a World Lit and Creative Writing teacher, I have my students look beyond the litertaure to explore cultures and how they came to be. I find the information in this slide show to be very useful and plan to share some of it with my students as we look more at the Middle Ages in my lit class. I can also use some of this information as part of a lesson on historical background in creative writing for my writing class. I am trying to get my students to move outside of their suburban CA lives and think more about historical events that feed into literature.
AnonymousIn reviewing the slideshow I found many slides that I would like to appropriate for my class - particularly those showing art work and ancient containers. I have many Korean students in my classes and I found the history in these slides intriguing and wonder how much of this history my students are familiar with? While Iwould like to find a way to incorporate all of this into my class, I have to remain focused on World Literature. Hopefully bits and pieces of this slideshow as well as other bits of information will find their way into my discussions of literature and the history I like to employ with it.
AnonymousI appreciate the idea of Korean feminism - that women should be raised to a higher level of respect as mothers, caretakers, nurturers, teachers, and that money and time spent to educate them is not a waste. The Tonghak thinkers were correct in believing that equality should extend to women. While I don't necessarily agree that elevating a woman's status will make her a better mother or wife, I do think it is important that an entire culture decided that women deserved more respect for what they bring to daily life.
