대학생의 성찰과 치유를 위한 문학교육방법 연구 －교양교과목 운영사례를 중심으로

Abstract

This article was written for the purpose of examining the function of literature for both self-reflection and healing among university students, based on literature-related liberal arts courses at H University in the metropolitan area of Seoul. In particular, I focused on how the ‘Writing Prepared Article’ activity summons students' extremely personal and emotional experiences, and showed how it can heal their wounds. The most important thing in literature education is reading works, and then conducting writing activities about those works. The ‘Writing Prepared Article’ activity is a very subjective and private description of the students' understanding of the work, without any background information about the artist or the work itself. Through the ‘Writing Prepared Article’ activity, students identified and sympathized with the characters of the pieces, summoning whatever specific experience or injuries they may have undergone in their past. After doing some reflecting, the students were then able to experience a degree of healing from this process. In addition to reading and writing, I also confirmed that active feedback from the professors about the assignment was also very important. Listening to feedback regarding the criticism, the students were given the opportunity to experience the empathy they felt for the writer. Moreover, students were also able to expand into “emotional engagement” with their classmates, and to further examine the “differences” in their thoughts and experiences. After several weeks of being involved in this activity, students slowly learned how to better relate to others based on a deeper understanding of their peers―one that took them out of the confining framework of their own thoughts, feelings and experiences.