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Korean literature is the body of literature produced by Koreans, mostly in the Korean language and sometimes in Classical Chinese. For much of Korea's 1,500 years of literary history, it was written in Hanja .
Also referred as 'pure literature' in South Korea. Most authors translated by the Korea Literature Translation Institute for translation falls into this category. The terminology is often criticized, and is a constant theme of discussion in the literature of South Korea. Some of the notable [according to whom?] Korean mainstream fiction writers ...
The contemporary culture of South Korea developed from the traditional culture of Korea which was prevalent in the early Korean nomadic tribes. By maintaining thousands of years of ancient Korean culture, with influence from ancient Chinese culture, South Korea split on its own path of cultural development away from North Korean culture since the division of Korea in 1945.
East Asian literature is the diverse writings from the East Asian nations, China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and Taiwan. Literature from this area emerges as a distinct and unique field of prose and poetry that embodies the cultural, social and political factors of each nation.
With the newly discovered power of Korean Literature in Translation, the country is now thriving and working towards globalizing their culture, deeply rooted in the nationalist value and rich literature to claim significant positions besides the significant literary discourses from other countries.
Han Kang, South Korea's first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was slow to global acclaim, getting her first big international prize nine years after her best-known novel was published ...
Korean American literature treats a wide range of topics including Korean life in America, the intersection of American and Korean culture in the lives of young Korean Americans, as well as life and history on the Korean peninsula.
The Encyclopedia of Korean Culture is a Korean-language encyclopedia published by the Academy of Korean Studies and DongBang Media Co. It was originally published as physical books from 1991 to 2001. There is now an online version of the encyclopedia that continues to be updated. [1]