Charles La Shure (한국외국어대학교 교수)

Charles D. La Shure
Name in Latin Alphabet:	Charles D. La Shure
Nationality:	USA
Affiliation:	Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

강연자 소개

Education

• August 2011: Ph.D. in Classical Korean Literature from Seoul National University, Korea (specialization in oral literature; doctoral dissertation: A Study on Tricksters in Korean Folktales: Bang Hakjung, Jeong Manseo, and Kim Seondal)
• August 2002: M.A. in Classical Korean Literature from Seoul National University, Korea (specialization in oral literature: master's thesis: A Comparative Study of Trickster Figures in “Tokkijeon” and Native North American Tales)
• August 1995: B.A. in English Literature from the State University of New York at Binghamton

Experience

• Teaching at Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul (Spring 2008 to present)
• Teaching at Translation Academy, Korea Literature Translation Institute (Summer 2008, Spring/Fall 2009, Spring 2012)
• Translator (Fall 2002 to present) and columnist (Summer 2009 to present) for Koreana: Korean Art & Culture (published by the Korea Foundation)

Publications

Book Chapters

• “Laughter Found in Darkness – a Comparison of the Short Stories of Kim Yujeong and Erskine Caldwell,” in Humor Culture of Korea. Seoul: Somyong Publishing, 2008. 553-574.
• “Bang Hakjung – a True Trickster Armed With Amazing Wits,” in Everything About Our Classical Literary Characters 1. Seoul: Humanist Books, 2008. 184-201.

Journal Publications

• “Korean Literature in Translation: Cultural Vehicle or Literary Art?” Interpreting and Translation Studies 14/1 (2010): 263-301.
• “The Trickster as Archetypal Figure in Korean Folk Tales.” Journal of Korean Oral Literature 28 (2009): 47-67.
• “Lévi-Strauss and the Trickster.” Semiotic Inquiry 24 (2008): 215-241.
• “Korean Oral Literature as Seen by Foreigners” Journal of Korean Oral Literature 27 (2008): 147-175.

Translations

Quarterly columns, articles, and special features for Koreana: Korean Art & Culture from 2002 to present.

• “To Believe in Love.” Short story by Kwon Yeo-sun, published in New Writing From Korea 2. Seoul: Korea Literature Translation Institute, 2009. 34-59.
• Black Flower. By Kim Young-ha (pending publication by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Oct. 2012).
• History of Korean Literature. By Cho Dong-il (translated and abridged; pending publication by Saffron Books, Eastern Art Report Group, Jan. 2013).
• “The Gangneung Danoje Festival” application for UNESCO “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity” (property originally proclaimed in 2005; inscribed on Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008).
• “The Pansori Epic Chant” application for UNESCO “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity” (property originally proclaimed in 2003; inscribed on Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008).
• “Planaria.” Short story by Jeon Sang-guk, won Grand Prize at the 2nd Korean Literature Translation Contest for New Translators, 2003.