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Thu Jan 13, 2022, 08:03 PM Jan 2022

A New Look at Chunhyang and Shim Cheong


춘향 과 심청 새로봅시다 | A New Look at Chunhyang and Shim Cheong

Dr. Petersen explains the two traditional Korean legends of Chunhyang and Shim Cheong, traditionally presented as pansori village entertainment throughout history. He believes the stories reflected social dissatisfaction with increasingly restrictive roles assigned to women in Korean society during the Choseon dynasty. The discussion includes a description of the Confucian social system and how it changed in the 18th Century.
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