Yi, Hyangsoon

 


 
       

131 Joe Brown Hall
Dept. of Comparative Literature 
University of Georgia 
 Athens, Georgia 30602 

Tel: 706-542-7517 Fax: 706-542-2155

e-mail: hyangsyi@arches.uga.edu

Education:

1993-Present: Candidate for a Ph.D. in Language Education, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, U. S. A. (degree expected in Spring 1999).

1997: Ph.D. in English (Minor in Film Studies), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, U. S. A.

1985: MA in English, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, U. S. A.

1981: Candidate for an MA in English, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

1980: BA in English Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.


Dissertations:

The Traveler in Modern Irish Drama. Examines the portrayal of the Traveler figure in modern Irish drama (Pennsylvania State University).

Dissertation in Progress:

A Content Analysis of Selected Korean Textbooks for Adult Learners of Korean as a Foreign Language. Analyzes Korean language textbooks from linguistic and cultural perspectives (University of Georgia).


Teaching Fields:

Korean language and literature, Asian film and drama, East Asian cultures, East-West comparative literature.

 

Teaching Experience:

1998-Present: Temporary Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Korean, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Georgia.

1997-1998: Full-time Instructor in Korean and Comparative Literature, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Georgia.

1992-1996: Graduate Teaching Assistant in Korean. Department of Comparative Literature, University of Georgia.

1987-1991: Graduate Teaching Assistant in English, Department of English, Pennsylvania State University.

1982-1985: Graduate Teaching Assistant in English, Department of English, Northeastern University.

 

Courses Taught:

1992-Present: 	Elementary Korean (KRN 101, 102, & 103) 
  			Intermediate Korean (KRN 201, 202, & 203) 
			Advanced Korean (KREN 3001)
			World Literature II (CML 222)
			Introduction to East Asian Cultures (CML 318)
			 (University of Georgia). 
1987-199 	Rhetoric and Composition (ENG 015)
 		 	 (Pennsylvania State University). 
1982-1985: 	Freshman English (ENGL 101) 
			Remedial English (ENGL 049) 
			English as a Second Language (ENGL 028)
			 (Northeastern University). 

Publications:

"Kurosawa and Gogol: Looking through the Lens of Metonymy." Literature/Film Quarterly (forthcoming). Yi 5

"Culture Content Analysis of Korean Textbooks: A Reconsideration of the Current Theoretical Models." Korean Language in America 3 (1999) (forthcoming).

A Review of The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea. Korean Studies Review, No. 14 (1998, Online Publication).

"Japanese Language Education by Satellite: A Report on the Japanese Classes at an American High School and Their Proficiency." Nihongo Kyoiku [Journal of Japanese Language Teaching] 83 (1994): 59-72.

"The Teacher-Learner Relationship and Interaction in Distance Learning: A Case Study of the Japanese Language Classes at an American High School." Foreign Language Annals 26 (1993): 21-30.