Korean vocabulary list:
literature
- 격언–maxim; proverb; saying; adage; aphorism
- 결–conclusion stage in composition
- 고전–classics
- 구–line
- 구비 문학–oral literature
- 구성–composition
- 기–introduction stage in composition
- 내용–story; message
- 노래–lyric; song
- 대작–masterpiece
- 도서–book
- 동시–children's poetry
- 메시지–message; lesson
- 명시–great poem
- 모델–model
- 문–arts
- 문예–literature and art; literature
- 문학–literature
- 뼈–synopsis
- 살다–be living
- 상하–the first and second volumes
- 승–development stage in composition
- 시–poem; poetry
- 시가–poetry; poem; poems and songs
- 시문–literature; literary works
- 시어–poetic diction
- 시인–poet
- 시작–writing a poem
- 시조–Traditional Korean three-verse poetry, which was developed from the end of the Goryeo Dynasty and and was used extensively in the Joseon Dynasty
- 양식–style; order
- 연–stanza
- 영감–inspiration
- 옛말–old saying
- 운–the start of a conversation; rhyme
- 위–the above; the foregoing
- 의–sense; meaning
- 이야기–story; tale
- 이야기되다–be gossiped; be rumored
- 이야기하다–tell
- 읽다–read
- 자작–one's own work; one's own making
- 자전–autobiography
- 작자–author; writer; novelist
- 작품–piece of work
- 저–author; be authored; be written
- 전–climax
- 전기–biography
- 전기–introduction; prologue
- 전편–previous volume; prequel
- 전편–whole
- 조사–eulogy
- 짓다–write
- 책–book
- 편–A bound noun that serves as a unit to count books or literary works, or movies, plays, etc
- 표현–expression; representation
- 후편–second part; second volume; sequel; follow-up