I would like to offer my perspectives on the development of comparative literature in Korea,a process which can be divided into three stages.Each is distinguished as a particular historical moment by the writing system used in Korea at the time,and by the set of cultural influences which informed and shaped literature.The first stage comprises the period before Western influence,the second the mid-nineteenth through mid- twentieth centuries,and the third the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. At the beginning of the first period,Korean writers adopted Chinese characters for writing,a process which can be traced as far back I would like to offer my perspectives on the development of comparative literature in Korea, a process which can be divided into three stages. Each is distinguished as a particular historical moment by the writing system used in Korea at the time, and by the set of cultural influences which informed and shaped literature. the first stage comprises the period before Western influence, the second the mid-nineteenth through mid- twentieth centuries, and the third the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. At the beginning of the first period , Korean writers adopted Chinese characters for writing, a process which can be traced as far back