Bachelor of Arts in Korean Language and Literature
Gwangju-si, South Korea
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Mar 2027
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Key Summary
About: The Bachelor of Arts in Korean Language and Literature studies the Korean language, including ancient, modern and dialects, and literary works written in Korean. The department, established in 1955 at Kyung Hee University, divides study into Korean linguistics, classical literature and contemporary literature. It documents Korean cultural inheritance in Korean and Chinese, researches Hangul and the Korean language, and trains creative scholars and writers to raise Korean literature to an international level. Keywords: Hangul, philology, syntax, literary analysis, modern fiction, classical poetry.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can enter publishing, education, translation, journalism, cultural policy, museum curation, research and language-technology roles.
Korean language and literature are the subjects of our department’s study. Korean language is the mother tongue of the Korean people and includes the ancient tongue, modern tongue, and dialects. Korean literature means all literary works which have been written in the Korean language, and our study is divided into two areas: Korean modern literature and classics.
The Department of Korean Language and Literature was inaugurated in 1955 when Kyung Hee was officially accredited as a university. The Department of Korean Language and Literature has produced many writers who are leaders in Korean literary circles. Our objectives include training creative scholars and writers who will raise Korean literature to an international level and enhance the value of Hangul (the Korean alphabet) and the Korean language. In pursuit of those objectives, we document the Korean cultural inheritance written in Korean and Chinese and conduct research into Korean language and literature. The Department of Korean Language and Literature includes three majors: Korean linguistics, Korean classical literature, and Korean contemporary literature
