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Professors: Jason Barker and Ray Brassier / Class schedule: 1 March - 30 June 2025Karl Marx is no more acknowledged as a prose writer than is Marxism as literature. Where their literary merits are remarked upon the question of "style" dominates, as if the appearance of spectres, vampires and were-wolves in Marx's texts, and his appeal to classical sources from Homer to Dante, were the mere ornament of an otherwise scientific enterprise. In this class we attempt to bridge the gap between fiction and non-fiction, literature and science, creative and critical writing in both Marx's own works as well as "Marxist" (including pre- and post-Marxist) global literatures.Jason Barker is Professor of English at Kyung Hee University and author of the novel Marx Returns (2018).Ray Brassier is Professor of Philosophy at the American University Beirut and author of Freedom and Fatality After Marx (2025).
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MA Cultural Studies in the Department of British & American Language and Culture (Graduate School) is a two year taught course with a final thesis requirement. As the only graduate course of its kind in Korea, it comprises a syllabus of modern and contemporary literature, Korean media, philosophy, feminism, psychoanalysis and critical theory. The course is taught entirely in English. Graduate School professors include Jason Barker, Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, Sangwook Kim, Myong-ho Lee and Hye Jean Chung.Successful overseas applicants receive a Kyung Hee University scholarship covering their course tuition fees. Overseas students may also be eligible for a Global Korea Scholarship (this is a separate financial assistance package for graduate students run by the Korean Ministry of Education).For initial enquiries contact Professor Jason Barker in the Department of British & American Language and Culture (Graduate School), Kyung Hee University, Global Campus, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea: 039716 [at] khu.ac.krSite content (c) Jason Barker 2024. All rights reserved.