Sites of Interest: Fall 2006
The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan and Pierre Rigoulot
 Each year a group of junior and senior honors students working under the direction of Commonwealth College Dean Linda Slakey select the Dean's Book Course texts for the coming year. As part of this Capstone Experience course, known as the Dean's Readers Seminar, the students research various aspects of the selected texts. Their research produces original papers of the students' own, along with annotated bibliographies of print and on-line resources. We in turn make those papers and bibliographies available to current Dean's Book Course instructors and students who are conducting similar research.
Some documents presented by the Dean's Readers are in PDF format. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you may download it for free here.
A Note from the Dean's Readers
Why We Chose This Book
Author and Genre Information
This section provides biographical information on Kang Chol-Hwan and Pierre Rigoulot, and also provides an analysis of the memoir genre, including the factors that can shape the way the truth is framed in the narrative.
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History of Korea
This section provides material concerning the basic history of Korea, focusing upon the issues of the Korean War. In addition to the Korean War, background history on Korea is also touched upon.
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North Korean Totalitarianism and Communism
This chapter gives necessary information about totalitarianism and Communism in general as well as specifically in North Korea. It outlines the principal ideology of North Korea and the ways in which the government uses propaganda to control its people.
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Health Effects of Human Rights Violations
This section looks at the various health consequences to the North Korean people as a result of their government’s human rights violations. It outlines the psychological effects of internment in gulags and the physical effects of starvation throughout the country.
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Korea Today and Tomorrow
This section is dedicated to the current situation in relation to North Korea. This includes foreign aid and relations, the North Korean refugees seeking asylum and those residing in China, and the neighboring countries of North Korea.
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