{"product_id":"134181","title":"Teaching Korean literature in Japan ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/3jYC5Oi8Tqv0P5ygJHkg5sHs2BBhBz.png?v=1765025639\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e Teaching Korean literature in Japan \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-bottom:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-color:;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003ctbody style=\"border:0px\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"center\" style=\"line-height:1.2em;text-align:center;font-size:18px;color:black;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/goods\/160493556\/XL\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;{split_style6}padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e Description \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003e“I teach Korean literature in Japan.”\u003cbr\u003e Professor Koh Young-ran of the Department of Japanese Literature at Nihon University's 32 Years of Living in Tokyo\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When I say that I work in the Department of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Nihon University, people always ask me.\u003cbr\u003e When you say \"Korean literature,\" do you mean Korean literature? No, it's Japanese literature.\u003cbr\u003e If you answer like this, they will immediately ask you again.\u003cbr\u003e A foreigner teaching Japanese literature? Do you lecture in English? Did you graduate from college in the United States? Are you a Korean-American? No, the lectures are in Japanese.\u003cbr\u003e Ah… … You’re a Zainichi Korean.\u003cbr\u003e Every moment the same questions are asked and the same answers are repeated.\u003cbr\u003e Whether in Japan or Korea, my self-introduction is never simple.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What questions would you like to ask the author, who is currently a professor of Korean literature in Japan?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhat steps are required to become a professor in Japan?\u003cbr\u003e How do the reading habits of Korean and Japanese students differ?\u003cbr\u003e Do you also teach Korean literature to Japanese students?\u003cbr\u003e Among Japanese literature, which author do you find particularly fascinating or study?\u003cbr\u003e Are works written by Koreans in Japan Korean literature or Japanese literature?\u003cbr\u003e What is the biggest difference you feel in your life in Japan?\u003cbr\u003e What were some of the inconveniences of living as a Korean in Japanese society?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I wrote this with the hope that it will provide honest answers to your questions based on my 32 years of living in Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e You can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Entering\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: A World I've Never Seen Before: Becoming a Professor in Japan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gwangju, Seoul, and Tokyo\u003cbr\u003e My first time in Japan\u003cbr\u003e Japanese Language Adaptation Instructor\u003cbr\u003e Garlic smell and Korean wave\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Is life in Japan safe for foreigners?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePhD and employment\u003cbr\u003e Is it advantageous for foreign writers to obtain a visa?\u003cbr\u003e Are famous literary awards given solely based on the quality of the work?\u003cbr\u003e English vs. Japanese\u003cbr\u003e Chinese character cultural sphere\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 Discrimination Surrounding Language\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Letter Learning Exercise and Hate Speech\u003cbr\u003e Single Ethnicity and Korean Literature\u003cbr\u003e Name and identity\u003cbr\u003e Female national writer\u003cbr\u003e Why Nakajima Kyoko? Why the Library?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: A Society Coexisting with Newcomers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A bolt from the blue!\u003cbr\u003e Building up culture\u003cbr\u003e Distinguishing, becoming similar\u003cbr\u003e Propaganda of the Publishing Empire\u003cbr\u003e After undergoing surgery for a pituitary tumor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e References\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eDetailed image\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/momo\/TopCate5904\/MidCate010\/590393509.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Detailed Image 1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e After graduating from Chonnam National University, he entered the graduate school of Japanese Language and Literature at Kyunghee University.\u003cbr\u003e I was surprised to learn that students I met in graduate school practiced their conversation skills by repeatedly recording Japanese television dramas and variety shows.\u003cbr\u003e The department office was filled with popular Japanese manga such as “City Hunter” and “Slam Dunk.”\u003cbr\u003e --- p.24\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMy first trip to Japan was at the end of 1992.\u003cbr\u003e At that time, the Department of Japanese Language and Literature at Kyunghee University had its students participate in the Magpie Project (かちがらす計?), hosted by the Earth Citizens Association (地球市民の?), an NPO located in Saga Prefecture, Kyushu.\u003cbr\u003e The group helped Korean college students experience the Japanese New Year by spending the year-end and New Year holidays with ordinary families in Saga Prefecture.\u003cbr\u003e As a teaching assistant in the Japanese Language Department, I led undergraduate students and participated in welcoming the New Year of 1993 in Saga Prefecture.\u003cbr\u003e The place I was assigned to was a fishing village called Chinjeicho.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.31\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Although no one said it out loud, there was a considerable aversion to the smell of raw garlic, especially the smell of kimchi.\u003cbr\u003e I was making kimchi stew with the windows open on a hot day, and suddenly I heard the sound of windows being slammed nervously here and there.\u003cbr\u003e It was clear that if I added more, there would be a complaint from the landlord. \u003cbr\u003eI didn't have the confidence to go back to looking for a new home once my contract was up, so I stopped making food that I was concerned about smelling.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 2010, I became a full-time professor in the Department of Japanese Literature at Nihon University.\u003cbr\u003e It was a greeting that was almost a miracle.\u003cbr\u003e In 1994, when I came as an exchange student, all fourteen professors in our department were men.\u003cbr\u003e It was in the 2000s that a female professor was appointed, and I was the fourth woman to do so.\u003cbr\u003e The Department of Japanese Literature at Nihon University is relatively better.\u003cbr\u003e At the time, the only foreigner who taught Japanese literature under the same conditions as native Japanese speakers was Professor Robert Campbell, a famous researcher of modern literature, and I was the first to learn about modern and contemporary Japanese literature.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I am a novelist who writes in Japanese.\u003cbr\u003e “Please issue me a long-term stay visa.” \u003cbr\u003eIs this really possible in Japan? Do foreign novelists who write in Japanese have an advantage in visa issuance compared to other foreigners? There are certain requirements for foreigners applying for a work visa in Japan.\u003cbr\u003e In addition to economic independence, you must prove how useful you are to society.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are about 140 new students in the Department of Japanese Literature at Nihon University.\u003cbr\u003e If you are a first-year homeroom teacher, you will attend orientation, call each student by name, and have them introduce themselves.\u003cbr\u003e The student roster must clearly state how to read the student's name in hiragana.\u003cbr\u003e It's not because I'm a foreigner.\u003cbr\u003e Even my colleagues who were born and raised in Japan make sure to check how to pronounce the names of the students they are in charge of.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Given the potential for currency to spark diplomatic disputes, the reason Higuchi Ichiyo could become the face of Japan was because he died the year after the First Sino-Japanese War. \u003cbr\u003eHiguchi Ichiyo was active as a writer for only about four years.\u003cbr\u003e He died at the age of twenty-four, and was free from discriminatory views toward colonies such as Joseon, cooperation in wars of aggression, or socialist ideology.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Students are free to choose their own thesis text.\u003cbr\u003e If you choose a text in your third year, you will receive almost personal tutoring for two years, and your partner will be in their early 20s.\u003cbr\u003e Science fiction, light novels, girls' novels, coming-of-age novels, fairy tales, fantasy, and horror, which I didn't enjoy reading much before, are popular, and I'm more interested in contemporary novels than modern novels.\u003cbr\u003e To guide them, you need to read not only the works but also related books and major papers to understand the flow.\u003cbr\u003e What I still can't forget is Tetsuya Asada's \"Mahjong Wanderings.\" \u003cbr\u003eI admit that mahjong is well intertwined with the historical background of Japan's war of aggression and post-war economic growth, but having never played mahjong before, I found it really difficult to understand the mahjong board and scenes of playing mahjong visualized like a Go record.\u003cbr\u003e I received special lessons from an acquaintance who likes mahjong.\u003cbr\u003e How much I wanted to cry while reading the four volumes of the novel.\u003cbr\u003e Some students chose novels that glorified the deaths of kamikaze pilots, such as Naoki Hakuta's \"Eternal Zero.\"\u003cbr\u003e Students who choose me as their thesis advisor are open-minded and committed to studying war issues diligently.\u003cbr\u003e As it turned out, the student had mistaken this novel for a twist novel, and after meeting and discussing it several times over the course of six months, he changed it to a different novel.\u003cbr\u003e During the nearly 15 years I have been guiding graduate theses, I have read, discussed, and guided many works that I would never have chosen. \u003cbr\u003eEven today, there are always students who choose truly rare pieces that make them ask, “Where did you find this piece?”\u003cbr\u003e It is thanks to these times that I can read and speak about novels of various genres.\u003cbr\u003e Students are precious teachers who teach me literature.\u003cbr\u003e Today, as always, the fight with them continues in the classroom.\u003cbr\u003e --- pp.219-220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e More interesting than the changing perception of Korea and the resulting outward Koreanization of the younger generation is the similarity in self-awareness among the relatively young generations of both countries.\u003cbr\u003e Judging from the reactions of Japanese readers who enjoy reading Korean literature, Korean literature is not literature that came from a foreign country across the sea.\u003cbr\u003e I project myself onto the characters and empathize with them as if it were my own story.\u003cbr\u003e I gained confidence through Japanese readers who read “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982.”\u003cbr\u003e --- p.225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “What’s important is the mindset to keep going even when you’re broken.” \u003cbr\u003eThis is a phrase written on an acrylic magnet that I found by chance in the stationery corner of Kyobo Bookstore in Jongno.\u003cbr\u003e While writing this article, I searched the Internet.\u003cbr\u003e ‘Jungkeokma’, I learned another new word.\u003cbr\u003e It's said to be a popular saying in Korea in 2022.\u003cbr\u003e I put this magnet in a visible place and read it out loud quietly from time to time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- p.248\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eBeyond the prejudices and limitations of society\u003cbr\u003e For readers who want to make their own path\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For readers who want to overcome social limitations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapters 1 and 2 depict the author's journey from Japan as a researcher of Japanese literature to breaking through the thick walls of the conservative Japanese \"Japanese literature\" industry and being hired as a professor of Japanese literature.\u003cbr\u003e This is the survival story of a Korean female scholar living as a professor in Japan without any school ties or regional connections.\u003cbr\u003e Chapters 3 and 4 are about the various aspects of language felt in Japan (hate speech, etc.) and the process of learning how to live with the 'ordinary' 'majority' in a foreign country. \u003cbr\u003eNihon University, where the author works, does not offer a Korean studies major.\u003cbr\u003e Even while teaching about colonial rule to such students, we do not create hostile relationships.\u003cbr\u003e Although their relationship is tense, they do not shy away from difficult topics and speak out, coexisting with the middle class, the largest group in society, and finding solutions to their problems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFor readers who want to understand the rapidly increasing number of immigrants in Korean society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The author began living in Tokyo during a time when Korea was discriminated against as an underdeveloped country, and experienced the rise of Korean culture through the 2002 World Cup, the Korean Wave boom brought about by [Winter Sonata], and K-cultural content such as [Kim Ji-young, Born 1982] and K-pop.\u003cbr\u003e The Japanese literary world has entered an era where it is taken for granted that non-native speakers of Japanese, newcomers like me, are winning all sorts of literary awards and becoming active. \u003cbr\u003eFrom a cultural perspective, Japan appears 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