| Educational Significance of Kim Yujeong’s Literatures and Reading Discussion |
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Sun-Young Choi, Bong-Jun Cha |
| 김유정의 문학작품과 독서토론 교육의 의의 |
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최선영, 차봉준 |
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| Abstract |
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The purpose of this study is to determine the educational significance of reading discussion with a case analysis of reading discussion class in university that used Kim Yujeong s novels as the text for literature reading education. Many universities emphasize reading education as part of their basic general education with the aim to foster intellectual human beings who can express their humanistic insight and their reflections on human society. Their intent of reading education is not to train students as specialists related to reading but to help them cultivate fundamental mental attitude and behavioral principles to maintain a health society. As means of reading education, literature education has the best conditions to form a reader-oriented public sphere and accommodate a variety of value systems. Accordingly, qualitative analysis of lecture materials presented in class and class management experience is presented as the methodology of the present study.
Chapter 2 examined the educational significance of reading discussion classes for general education in universities. An important goal of a collegiate university is implementing general education to provide a balanced education covering a wide variety of knowledge systems. It can be stated that the role of general education is to help students gather various opinions to practice balanced and open thinking. One way of implementing this is by conducting discussions involving many people through which students acknowledge differences and acquire the clue to constructive thinking. Education, therefore, have changed from teacher-initiated unilateral instruction to student-oriented presentation and discussion as a way to promote students’ ability to solve any problem independently. The key to reading discussion, then, is not on what or how much to read, but on ‘how’ to read. When a student masters this method of education, he/she will be able to maintain a unique method of reading that is autonomous and independent.
Chapter 3 examined the case of reading discussion class covering novels by Kim Yujeong and discussed the possibilities of discussion classes using literatures as teaching materials. Focusing on the case of reading discussion class using Bom Bom (Spring Spring) and Manmubang (The Rascals), this study examines how these short and simple stories induced discussions about conflicts between the old and the young, subtle psychological differences between man and woman, and the structure of labor exploitation within society. From the viewpoint of genre theory, the discussions demonstrated that these novels (or short stories) embody the sociological method of interpretation which considers the social and historical context from which the novels were written. Analyzing how these literatures are interpreted through discussions, the study confirmed that students were able to understand the special circumstances of Japanese occupation when a person s effort to overcome poverty was futile and that further questions can be raised about the implications of the open ending of the stories. In conclusion, through these discussion lessons students can spontaneously focus on their reception of the literary works and develop their own way of discerning literary works and society. Implementing these discussion classes as part of the general education in universities is important because students will view literature not as exclusive property limited to specific departments but as a common critical criteria to assess a society as well as plays(games) easily accessible to various students across majors. It is important because students grasp the meaning of the universality of literature only when they apply the analytic methods of focusing on the receptive aspects of the work while considering the relationship between the work’s inner and external structure. |
| Key Words:
reading, debate, discussion, general education, literatures of Kim Yujeong, public sphere |
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