한국 현대시 읽기에서 나타난 학습자들의 반응양상 연구 - 독자반응 이론을 중심으로 -

Abstract

In the field of Korean language education, there has been a lot of discussion and research, using diverse perspectives, on the significance of teaching literature, particularly poetry. However, due to the nature of the poetry as a genre and the nature of foreign learners, teaching poems remains a challenging task at educational institutions. On the other hand, utilizing foreign learners’ cultural background and knowledge of poetry education, instead of focusing on their linguistic limitations, may be a new alternative in Korean poetry education. The present study uses the reader-response theory, which values learners, i.e. readers, to examine the patterns manifested by high-level Chinese students while reading modern Korean poems. This study also analyzed Chinese students’ response to certain aspects of modern poetry and the areas that present difficulties when they read Korean poems. The results indicated that Chinese students’ knowledge of Chinese literature and their own emotional factors subconsciously interferes with and influences their reading modern Korean poems. While such an influence can be helpful to a certain degree, in terms of appreciating modern Korean poems, it can also exert a negative influence on the reader’s response to modern Korean poems. Taking into account and utilizing this aspect in the way learners read poetry would create new opportunities in modern Korean poetry education.