비평적 에세이 쓰기를 통한 문학교육 연구 - 포항대학교 간호학과 <문예창작및강독>사례를 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to disclose the fact that 'writing critical essays' can be a suitablemeans to achieve the objectives of literary education of 'promoting literary ability, self-examination and self-formation of the learner', centering on the <Literary Creation and Exposition> course offered by the Dept. of Nursing at Pohang College. The course syllabus included literary reading, instructor's exposition, group discussions, presentation and essay writing. In order to acquire the awareness of instructors and effectiveness of education on critical essay writing, a survey was conducted by categorizing the questions into 'academic achievement', 'writing', and 'critical thinking'. The result revealed high level of satisfaction by the learners, which indicated that the learners refined their sentiments through reading literary works and positively carried out writing on self-examination. I put forth the problems and their alternatives throughout the lectures. The model of literary course centering on critical essay writing includes all basic elective courses generally offered in a college, i.e. reading, discussion and presentation, and writing, and concurrently accomplished the objectives of literary education, improving literary ability and self-examination.