아시아 언어 속에서 더 나아가 세계적인 문학 속에서 한국어의 관계를 살펴봅니다.

저자 : Cho Dong il 저자 조동일은 1939년 8월 9일생, 경북 영양군 출신, 1962년 서울대학교 불어불문학과를, 1966년 국어국문학과를 졸업했다. 1976년 국어국문학과에서 문학박사 학위를 받았다. 게명대학교, 영남대학교, 한국학대학원, 서울대학교 교수를 역임하고, 2004년 9월부터 계명대학교 석좌교수로 재직 중이며, 학술원 회원이다. 주요 저서로 '서사민요연구', '한국문학통사'(전6권), '우리 학문의 길', '인문학문의 사명', '소설의 사회사 비교론(전3권)' 등이 있다.

Preface Ⅰ Korean Studies in the Global Age Ⅱ The Problem of Canon in Korean Literature Two Korean Vernacular Epics of the 15th Century Ⅲ Korean Literary History in the East Asian Context The Medieval Age in Korean, East Asian, and World Literary Historeies Ⅳ Historical Changes in the Translation from Chinese Literature: a Comparative View of Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese Cases From Oral to Written Epics: Toward a Comparative Study of Asian and African Cases Ⅴ Mutual Understanding of Hagiographic Traditions Biography and Confession: Eastern and Western Modes of Cultural Memory

Preface

I am studying the interrelation between Korean, East Asian, and world literature. On this theme I have published more than fifty books, but as most of them are written in Korean, they are not known and read widely. The contributions I wish to make in improving the global age are unfortunately trapped behind the language barrier.
Two books used European languages. Korean Literature in Cultural Context and Comparative Perspective. (Seoul: Jipmoondnag, 1997), presents some glimpses of my research. Histoire de la litt?rature co?enne des origines jusqu'? 1919 (Paris: Fayard, 2001), written with Daniel Bouchez, shows the outline of Korean classical literature, understood from a new viewpoint.
I have traveled widely to inform others of my discoveries and to find friends of common interests. I have attended many international academic conferences and given lectures frequently at foreign universities. The countries I have visited for those purposes are Japan, China, Taiwan, India, Kazakhstan, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, England, Sweden, Russia, America, Australia, Egypt, and South Africa.
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, and from East Asia to the whole world offered me a precious opportunity to be a happy pioneer with unusual insights.
I would like to thank to my companion Charles La Shure. He is an American student, now a Ph. D. candidate in Korean literature at Seoul National University. He continuously helped me to write better English. He is translating the massive volumes of my Hangugmunhagtonsa (A Comprehensive History of Korean Literature) into English. It will be very helpful to fill up the inevitable shortcomings of this small book.

New Year Day,
2006

Cho Dong-il