11 Classic Korean Narratives including Myths Folktales Sino-Korean Novels and Poetry Readers
can come to know not only the pleasure of reading stories but also delight in learning about
Korea through this book like Korean culture Korean history and Koreans' ways of thinking in
the old days. Even though this book consists of only Korean classic narratives this doesn't
mean that only Koreans can understand it. Everyone can understand and enjoy a "Classic." What
Brings "Classics" Alive is the Readers' Empathy A lonely boy becomes a hero who establishes a
nation a daughter who is abandoned becomes a goddess who manages death a wife and husband
both ordinary people become a queen and king in a foreign country or gods of a country. These
stories show that if people take advantage of their merits and use their power in support of
others they can accomplish wonderful things and gain happiness even when they possess nothing
special. The reason that these stories survive for such a long time without being forgotten and
move the people who read them is that people consider the thoughts and feelings in these
stories to be precious. A Way of Communicating with Time: The World of Classical Imagination
Reading the classics is similar to the experience of communicating across time. The world of
classics which appears interesting and mysterious also contains the dreams and hopes of
contemporary people. Even though the past has disappeared we are encountering the dreams and
hopes of people from olden times as you read the classics and fall into the world of these
stories.
