Korean poetry

Korean poetry refers to poems that were created in North and South Korea and their predecessor states (e.g. Korea , Silla , etc.), or are simply written in Korean .

history

The oldest surviving work in Korean literature Gongmudohaga suggests that even before the time of the Three Kingdoms from the 1st century BC Chr. Poetry were sung.

During the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), the oldest existing Korean epic , Dongmyeongwangpyeon , was written by Yi Gyu-bo before 1241 . It portrays the exploits of the founding king Dongmyeong of Goguryeo .

Sijo is the most famous form of Korean poetry, which flourished during the Joseon Dynasty , and Yun Seondo (1587–1671) was the master of this style of poetry.

Web links

• An outline history of Korean poetry
• The Korean Poetry Pages - current Korean poets in engl. Translations