A contract worker's first year, and the office hierarchy the show renders in close detail
29 March 2027
Before the screening#
Watch the assigned episodes. Note one scene that a Korean office worker might recognise immediately, and one that feels exaggerated for drama.
In the screening#
We work through the office’s hierarchy layer by layer — seniority, contract status, working hours — then turn to the harder question of which parts are a documented pattern in Korean workplace research and which are dramatic shorthand.
Afterwards#
We’re at the halfway point. If you haven’t picked a week for the close-analysis essay yet, this is a natural moment to decide.
The spec
What you bring to the session. Written so a reader can tell whether it has been met without asking you.
- you have watched the assigned episodes before arriving
- you can describe the contract-versus-permanent distinction and why it matters to the plot
- you can separate one social pattern the show depicts from one moment that reads more like stereotype
Teaching team
- May Rhee — convenor