The department mourns the
passing of Assistant Professor of Korean Literature
Scott Swaner (1968-2006). An expert in contemporary
Korean poetry, Professor Swaner received his doctorate
from Harvard in 2003 and came to UW later that
year for a post-doctoral position. He joined the
faculty as an assistant professor in 2004. He will
be missed by colleagues, students, and friends.
Scott Swaner
Assistant Professor
http://faculty.washington.edu/swaner/
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Education
- B.A.
English Literature & Korean Literature, University
of Utah. 1994
- M.A. Korean Literature, Cornell University. 1997
- Ph.D. Modern Korean Literature, Harvard University.
2003
Research & Teaching Fields - Modern
Korean poetry, modern Korean literary and cultural production,
aesthetic and literary theory, comparative poetry, literary
translation, Marxist cultural theory
Selected Publications -
Currently preparing a book manuscript, "Politicizing
the Aesthetic: Poetry, Politics, and Aesthetics in Postcolonial
Korea," that examines the sociocultural power of politically
oriented and avant-garde modern South Korean poetry,
the aesthetic and poetic dimensions of the postwar era,
and the emergence of a new poetic voice in relation to
Korean modernity.
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"Frustrating Colonial Narratives: Writing
and the Body in Dictee." Asian
Journal of Women's Studies 3:2 (1997): 130-152.
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"�Globalization' � A South Korean National Fetish?" Fulbright
Journal [Seoul ] (2002): 16-23.
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Translated volume
of poetry by Korean poet Hwang Ji-woo, Someday
I'll be Sitting in an Overcast Bar (Forthcoming).
With Young-Jun Lee ( Harvard University ).
Research Projects
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Reexamining the place and significance of Japanese-language
poetry by the Korean arch-Modernist poet/novelist, Yi
Sang (1910-1937). Working title: "Recasting a Literary
Legacy." With Ted Mack ( U. of Washington ),
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Translating
Kim Suyông's Complete
Works , also
Pak Nohae's The Dawn of Labor .
| | Courses Taught - Asian
207: Many Koreas: 20th-Century Literature and Cultural
Production
- Korean 413/Korean 531: Modern Korean Poetry:
Aesthetics and Politics in Postcolonial South Korea
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