The literature of each nation goes through various processes that affect its stages of formation and development. These factors, of course, reflect the nation's literature. In this article, all stages of the development of Korean literature are studied in detail, and the factors that contributed to it are discussed in detail.

Korean literature, genre characteristics, Chinese literature

Bruce Fulton, “Modern Literature,” The Koreas: Asia in Focus, Mary E. Connor (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2009), 259.

Ha Songnan, “Waxen Wings,” in Waxen Wings: The ACTA Koreana Anthology of Short Fiction from Korea, Bruce Fulton (St. Paul, Minnesota: Koryo Press, 2011), 161–182.

Pairing the story with an accessible historical text, such as sections from Korea Through the Ages: 2 Modern (2005) by the Association of Korean History Teachers and Lee Gil-sang, provides a sound basis for historical literary analysis, as it contains both primary and secondary sources for students to review.

Yi Sanghwa, “Does Spring Come to Stolen Fields?,” Modern Korean Literature: An Anthology, Peter H. Lee (Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press, 1926), 80.

Mary Connor, The Koreas: Asia in Focus (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2009), 34.

Yom Sang-sop, “The Rotary Press,” A Ready Made Life, Kim Chongun and Bruce Fulton (Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press, 1998), 32–45.

Pairing the story with an accessible historical text, such as sections from Korea Through the Ages: 2 Modern (2005) by the Association of Korean History Teachers and Lee Gil-sang, provides a sound basis for historical literary analysis, as it contains both primary and secondary sources for students to review.