LTEA 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Love Triangle, Kisaeng, Yangban
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Over the past four thousand years in korea, there have been thriving dynasties such as silla, Naturally then, korea should possess its own unique spiritual civilization. Sadly, ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)e(cid:396), ou(cid:396) a(cid:374)(cid:272)esto(cid:396)(cid:859)s g(cid:396)eat a(cid:272)hie(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t--their literature-- is lost to use, due to their indolence. Of course, the blame for the failure should not be laid upon them entirely; the intrusion of. Chinese ways of thinking into korea also weakened korean culture. The brutal force of chinese thought destroyed a great deal of valuable korean thought. A piece of literature produced through this laborious process is more than a great national treasure; it is a treasure for humankind. Texts like romance of three kingdoms and water margin are treasures of the chinese people just as works by homer and shakespeare are treasures of mankind. Yi kwangsu hopes that future korean writers will be able to write works similar to those of the aforementioned authors.
