Yonsei University

Discussion and study of various fascinating and controversial cases involving the concept of “Law and Order.” The cases are mostly actual criminal cases, but some may be hypotheticals or actual civil cases as well. Drawing upon 32 years of experience as a judge and prosecutor, the instructor will portray a real exciting array of cases to study, and students will get to make actual arguments from both prosecutor and defense positions.

Why is tragedy regarded as the highest dramatic form despite the death and suffering the genre is entangled with? This course explores the genealogy of tragedy in Western theatre history, from its origins in Ancient Greece through to the crisis of the from in the modern times. While the focus of the course will be classical tragedy, we will also consider the possibility of tragic expression in modern theatre. We will read six representative works from the ancient, renaissance and modern period in their historical/cultural context, and examine the recurrent themes of human versus god, fate and free will, individual versus society to understand the concept of the tragic hero. Various multimedia resources will be used, and we will also study some theories of tragedy from Aristotle to Eagleton to consider the significance of the genre in our own times.

This course examines the composition and direction of films and the relationship/position between the director and the audience.
 

This course examines the different ways in which contemporary writers in Japan and South Korea respond to the challenges of capitalist developme nt and ecological precarity. Topics include The Buzz of Everyday Life, Narrating Disaster, Trauma and Cultural Memory (novella), Self-Renunciations and Transformations (novel), and Exilic Imagination (short stories). 

Applied Microbiology course covers bacterial genetics, microbial diversity and systematics, eukaryotic cell biology and eukaryotic microorganisms, metabolic diversity, basic immunology, host-pathogen interactions, industrial microbiology, and practical application of genetic engineering. This course is designed mainly for 2nd year students majoring life sciences and biotechnology and requires a solid background in general microbiology and biology. Prerequisite: General Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, and Biology.

This course is aimed to allow students to learn about Korean society and culture through digital media. Particular attention is given to the sociocultural impact of new digital technologies, such as KakaoTalk, Instagram, Tiktok, Generative AI, YouTube, webtoons, RPG/MMORPG games, blogs, data visualizations, and the companies that control these technologies. Throughout the semester, we are discussing and reading the many facets of this diverse and dispersed digital ecosphere where just about anyone with access to a computer or mobile device can integrate digital images, social media, recorded audio narration, video clips, and music alongside a range of delivery channels with meta-information (e.g., hashtags, rankings, and comments by users) to tell a story to a broad audience.