근대전환기 내방가사에 나타난 여성들의 교육담론과 의미

Abstract

This study examines the discourse and meaning of women’s education in Naebanggasa(Korean traditional poetry by women) during the modern transition period. Naebanggasa is a prominent genre since it reveals the changing attitudes and perceptions of women’s education during the modern transition period. This period in Naebanggasa reflects the struggle to promote women’s education and public understanding of the issue. One of the features of this generational shift is the inclusion of women’s opinions. Regarding ideas on the education of women during the modern transition period, Naebanggasa emphasized literacy to satisfy the demand for self-expression, the role of women’s education as the result of a generational shift, and the establishment of the concept of the traditional woman with regard to schooling. Through Naebanggasa, women expressed what education means to them and the role they can play. This not only reaffirmed their identity, but also reconstructed it. Those who enjoyed Naebanggasa also realized the need to promote women’s education during the modern transition period. Through education, it appears that women were achieving a new status and establishing their identities. Despite an emphasis on skills such as reading and writing, as well as the practice of female virtue as prescribed in Confucian ideology, women were provided the opportunity to reconstruct their own identity in the changing times through the discourse on education.