New Directions in Teaching English Literature to Non-Natives of English in Asia
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This paper proposes what needs to be done in the field of English literature education in Korea, and other parts of Asia where English is not their first language. I have looked at the current curricula of English literature at several universities here and compared them with those of other universities in Asia as well as in the United States, only to find that, contrary to the practice of Korean universities, the English literature curricula of the observed foreign universities are not based on the mechanical division of courses based on genre and chronology. For a couple of reasons, I suggest uniqueness and diversity as guiding principles in setting up an English literature curriculum. As non-native speakers of English, it is impossible for our students to deal with the quantity of reading that Western students do. It is very doubtful whether we should or even can teach every century with an equal emphasis. We are living in the 21st century, and we should make the past literature relevant to the present. Universities should offer different courses in English literature; they should create their own set of courses with a few focal themes. In order to get students more interested in literature and to develop an area of specialization, the curriculum should provide diverse roads to literature studies
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This paper proposes what needs to be done in the field of English literature education in Korea, and other parts of Asia where English is not their first language. I have looked at the current curricula of English literature at several universities here and compared them with those of other universities in Asia as well as in the United States, only to find that, contrary to the practice of Korean universities, the English literature curricula of the observed foreign universities are not based on the mechanical division of courses based on genre and chronology. For a couple of reasons, I suggest uniqueness and diversity as guiding principles in setting up an English literature curriculum. As non-native speakers of English, it is impossible for our students to deal with the quantity of reading that Western students do. It is very doubtful whether we should or even can teach every century with an equal emphasis. We are living in the 21st century, and we should make the past literature relevant to the present. Universities should offer different courses in English literature; they should create their own set of courses with a few focal themes. In order to get students more interested in literature and to develop an area of specialization, the curriculum should provide diverse roads to literature studies
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