#  David McCann in Chosun Ilbo Oct. 6, 2009 

 





October 22, 2009

 

 

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 "An American professor is promoting Korean literature in the U.S. David McCann, a professor of Korean literature and the director of the Korea Institute at Harvard University, is teaching his students how to write sijo, a traditional three-line Korean poetic form, reciting them in local festivals, and holding sijo competitions for middle and high school pupils. The 65-year-old professor is currently revising an anthology called "Urban Temple: Sijo, Twisted & Straight," containing some 60 sijo-style poems written in English that he composed in remembrance of his two years spent as an English teacher at Andong Life Science High School in the mid-1960s as a member of the Peace Corps...."

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 ["청산~리…" 미(美)에 시조 전도하는 하버드대 교수](http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/10/06/2009100600025.html)

 [U.S. Professor Introduces America to Sijo](http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/10/07/2009100700201.html)

 **Related Scholar**:

 [David R. McCann](http://korea-dev.hmdc.harvard.edu/directory/david-r-mccann.html)



 

 

 



 

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