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Christopher Hanscom
Assistant Professor (Korean)
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
- Joined the faculty in 2007.
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Academic Interests
- Literary history of Korea; colonial period fiction and modernist theories of literature and language, with a focus on the specific context of modernity and its critique; contemporary discourses of nationalism and class; comparative Korean and Japanese modern literatures; contemporary Korean cinema.
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Selected Courses
- Korean 61: Topics in Modern Korean Literature and Culture: "Introduction to Modern Korean Literature"
- Korean 63: Topics in Modern Korean Film: "Introduction to Korean Film"
- AMES 11: Introduction to Korean Culture
- AMES 21: Topics in Korean Studies: "Humor in Twentieth Century Korean Literature and Film"
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Selected Publications
- "Neurasthenia as a Mediating Discourse of Modernity" (Kûndaesông ûi maegaejôk tamnonûrosô singyông soeyak e taehan yebijôk koch'al), in Research on Korean Literature (Hanguk munhak yôngu), December 2005.
- Translation: Ch'oe Chaesô, "The Expansion and Deepening of Realism: On Scenes from a Streamside and 'Wings'" (1936), for the collected translations of the Working Group on Korean Colonial History and Criticism, UCLA.
- Translation: "The Tale of the Origin of the Chesôk Gods," in Myths of Korea, edited by Peter H. Lee (Seoul: Jimoondang, 2000).
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