This book is introduction to Korean mask dance. It explain briefly what Korean mask dance is all about and explores its roots as a form of drama. The two tasks may at first seem incompatible but readers need to understand the essence of this unique form of drama if they are to enjoy it properly, instead of just looking at it with fleeting curiosity.
The new community movement (or Saemaul Undong) in South Korea has in the short space of less than a decade transformed both rural and urban life in the nation as if by magic. Yet there is nothing supernatural or mysterious about this campaign; it is simply a catalytic agent that makes maximum use of available resources, including human energy, ingenuity, and ambition.
This book is describing the palaces of Korea. In Korea in particular, palace-building was strongly influenced by Chinnese style, largely due to the geographical proximity and close political relations of the two countries. Since Korea’s unique culture had evolved over a long period of time, it should come as no surprise that it did not simply imitate everything China had to offer. This was mo…
The nine articles composing this book have been selected from the papers prepared for those conferences. Though scattered in topics, they are reports of newly discovered interrelations among the literatures that have until now been considered irrelevant. The literary journey from Korea to East Asia to the rest of the world offered me a precious opportunity to be a fortunate pioneer with unusual…
+ appendix A,B, Index