koreanlit1-1, Exercise 1: The forms of Korean literature

Model answer:

Oral literature: ballads, legends, mask plays, puppet-show texts, pansori (texts transmitted orally before Hangul). Examples: pansori; mask plays.
Poetic forms: hyangga, the Goryeo songs (byeolgok, changga), sijo, gasa. Examples: hyangga; sijo.
Prose: myths, legends and folktales, literary miscellany, and fiction in Chinese and in Korean. Examples: myth; Kim Sisup's Kumo sinhwa (the "first known" classical Korean fiction, per the article).

Classical and modern: the lead says Korean literature "is commonly divided into classical and modern periods, although this distinction is sometimes unclear." The article's history sections run early Joseon, late Joseon, modern literature, Japanese rule (1910 to 1945) and national division. The article does not give an exact date where "classical" ends.

Source: Wikipedia, Korean literature.