Reception and Transformation of Traditional Culture in Modern Korean Poetry
Difficult Poetry of Yi Sang
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Yi Sang’s Literature and Science
Influences and Relationships among Jeong Ji-yong, Yi Sang, and Yun Dong-ju
Convergence of Modern Korean Poetry with Other Artistic Genres
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Korean Literature, Seoul National University, 2006
M.A. in Korean Literature, Seoul National University, 2002
B.A. in English Literature, College of Humanities, Hanyang University, 1999
WORK EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, GIST (Feb. 2025 - Present)
Associate Professor, Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences, GIST (Sep. 2018 - Jan. 2025)
Assistant Professor, Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences, GIST (Aug. 2013 - Aug. 2018)
Full-time Lecturer, Faculty of Liberal Education, Seoul National University (Mar. 2010 - July 2013)
Research Professor, Korea University; Lecturer, Seoul National University, University of Seoul, Sejong University, Hanyang University, etc. (Mar. 2004 - Feb. 2010)
HONORS AWARDS
GIST Teaching Excellence Award, 2023
Achievement Award, 2020
Special Award (GIST College Teaching Award), 2019
Teaching Excellence Award, 2016
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Lee, Soo-jong, “The Hunting Narrative Structure and Mythical Archetype of Jeong Ji-yong’s Poem “San-et Saek-ssi Deulnyeok Sanae (Woman on the Mountain and Man in the Field)””, Eo-Mun-Lon-Chong, vol. 103, Hankook Moonhak Eoneo Hakhoi, 2025.
Lee, Tae-Gyun, Im, Hyeok-Jun, Lee, Soo-jong, “Electromagnetic Principle of Internal Diagnosis Implemented in “Crow’s Eye View(Ogamdo) Poem No. 4””, The Korean Poetics Studies, Vol. 79, The Korean Poetics Society, 2024.
Lee, Soo-jong, “Acceptance and Variations of Traditional Folk Culture in Jeong Ji-yong's Children's Poems “Ddale(doll) and Auntie”, “The Third Day of the Third Lunar Month”, and “Ddale””, Eo-Mun-Lon-Chong, Vol. 100, Hankook Moonhak Eoneo Hakhoi, 2024.
Lee, Soo-jong, “The Seriality and Transformation of Chunhyangjeon that Appeared in Jeong Ji-yong's ‘Folk Song-style Poems’ - Desiring Female Subjects and Hidden Resistance -”, Eo-Mun-Lon-Chong, Vol. 98, Hankook Moonhak Eoneo Hakhoi, 2023.
Lee, Soo-jong, “Rereading Jeong Ji-yong's "Homesickness(鄕愁)" by Referring to Authentic Precedents(典故) and Cultural Contexts”, The Korean Poetics Studies, Vol. 76, The Korean Poetics Society, 2023.
Lee, Soo-jong, “From Chaos to Cosmos -A Study on Jeong Ji-yong's Poem "Sea 2"”-, The Studies of Korean Language and Literature Vol. 75, The Society of Korean Language And Literature, 2023.
Maverick S. H. Oh 1 , Lee Soo-jong, “Periodic Boundary Condition of Yi-Sang’s Poems 1 –“Building Infinite-Hexahedral-Angle Bodies - Diagnosis 0:1” Decryption”, YISang Review Vol. 18, The Society of YiSang, 2022.
Maverick S. H. Oh 1 , Lee Soo-jong, “Design and Construction in Four-Dimensional Space-Time in Yi-Sang’s Poems :The Connection Between “Three-Dimensional Angle Blueprint” and “Building Infinite-Hexahedral-Angle Bodies”, and Dimension Expansion”, Journal of Korean Culture Vol. 54, International research Center for Korean Language and Culture, 2021.
Kim, Ji-Woo, Lee, Soo-jong, “Intellectual Who Diagnoses Modern Society Including Himself”, The Korean Poetics Studies, Vol. 57, The Korean Poetics Society, 2019.
Lee, Soo-jong, “A Study on Jung Ji-yong’s Serial Works on Horse”, Journal of Korean Language and Culture, Vol. 65, The Society of Korean Language and Culture,
Lee, Soo-jong, “A Study on Jung Ji-yong’s “The Horse(말)””, The Korean Poetics Studies, Vol. 52, The Korean Poetics Society, 2017.
Lee, Soo-jong, ““Parasol”: Poetics and Imagination of the Lamp and the Lotus by Jung Ji-yong”, The Journal of Modern Korean Literature Vol. 50, The Learned Society of Korean Modern Literature, 2016.
Lee, Soo-jong, “On “Yusunaesang”: A Tale of a Failed Korean Modern Poetry”, The Journal of Modern Korean Literature Vol. 47, The Learned Society of Korean Modern Literature, 2015.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Modern Korean Poets
Ri Sang’s Literature and Science
Understanding Poetry
Reading Contemporary Poetry
Writing Poetry
Creative Writing
Writing about Science
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Director of Academic Information, Korean Poetics Society
Regional Director, Society of Korean Modern Literature
Planning Committee Member(Director), Korean Modern Literature Association
Regional Director, Gaeshin Language and Literature Society
PROFESSIONAL AFFILITIONS
The Korean Poetics Society
The Learned Society of Korean Modern Literature
Modern Korean Literature Association
Hankook Moonhak Eoneo Hakhoi
The Society of YiSang
The Society of Korean Language And Literature
etc.
BOOKS/BOOK TRANSLATION
Understanding Poetry, GIST PRESS, 2018.
I Remember Being Born Four Times, Munhakdongne, 2018.
