Get to know a classic
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Follow a story with just one question in mind.
Separating Record and Judgment in a Life Story
Compare the Recluse Eom's way of life, Songok's poetry, the debate in The Horse Brokers, and reports about unusual people. Discover the interest of life stories in the ways their narrators remember a person.
Your First Classic Can Begin with a Single Scene
Follow what the characters do before trying to master every unfamiliar term. This guide helps you form your own questions as you move between the original, the plain retelling, and the commentary.
Following Where the Laughter Leads
Compare the two contracts in The Tale of a Yangban with the exchanges in The Tale of Old Min. Consider what comic language reveals and who is included in the laughter.
Where Do Our Standards for Judging People Come From?
Read Eom Haengsu in The Tale of Master Yedeok alongside Gwangmun in The Tale of Gwangmun. Explore how occupation, conduct, rumor, and reputation change judgments about a person.