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Primary Discipline

Primary Discipline: 

  • HumanitiesLanguages and literatureEnglish literature

Further Specification: 

Contemporary American Literature (Marilynne Robinson, David Foster Wallace); Modern British Literature (James Joyce, Virginia Woolf); Affect Theory; Emotions
Secondary Discipline

Secondary Discipline: 

  • HumanitiesTheologyChristian theologyAnglican theology

Further Specification: 

Doctrine of the Trinity (Early Fathers, Origen, Gregory of Nyssa); theories of desire (Sarah Coakley), The suffering of others (Simone Weil)

Biography: 

Born in Daejeon, South Korea. Currently live in Seoul, teaching English to Korean elementary/middle school students. Studied French and English literature at Sungkyunkwan University (B.A.) and Yonsei University (M.A.) in Seoul. Wrote my MA thesis on Joyce's Ulysses [Stylistic Elaborations: Ulysses and Jazz]. Interested in integrating academic ideas and public, everyday life and finding the common language in the field of literature, theology and philosophy.

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