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.