한문학의 유용성과 유용한 한문학을 위한 제언

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to diagnose the practicality crisis faced by Chinese literature as a usefulness crisis as a representative humanities, and to suggest ways to overcome it. To this end, this paper first examined the usefulness crisis facing Chinese literature, and based on the results, suggested the direction in which Chinese literature should move in research and education. Chinese literature is both a 'Chinese character-Literature' that studies literary texts recorded in Chinese characters and a 'Chinese character-Study' that studies texts in Chinese characters at the same time. However, up to now, the research and education of Chinese literature have mainly focused on the former. As a result, the complex and interdisciplinary 'Chinese character-Literature' character was not properly implemented, which in turn strengthened the vulnerability concealed within Chinese literature, making it difficult to properly respond to the humanities crisis. Therefore, this paper suggested that the direction of literature-centered research and education should be completely changed. Above all, it emphasized the importance of restoring the essence of Chinese literature, which met not only history and philosophy, but also sociology and natural science beyond literature. Moreover, since these changes are closely linked to the problem of newly defining the identity of Chinese literature, it was emphasized that related issues should be discussed in depth by preparing a forum for public opinion in which both Chinese literature majors and educators can participate. The crisis facing the humanities, especially Chinese literature, is expected to continue and strengthen in the future. As such, many humanities-related departments may be reduced or disappeared, as if they had disappeared, pushed by the aftermath of the university's restructuring if we cannot prove ourselves that Chinese literature is a valuable study for research and education here. We do not seem to have much time left. However, if we prepare and respond properly from now on, we expect to be able to overcome the vulnerability concealed within Chinese literature and successfully respond to the humanities crisis.