한국 고전문학교육 연구 동향과 전망-1980년대 이후 박사학위 논문을 중심으로

Abstract

Doctoral dissertation papers related to the research on Korean classical literature education produced until now were reviewed in this paper. Then, if any issue was raised, the review was extended to special editions of academic journals or general research papers. On the basis of research trends so far, research on Korean classical literature education can be divided into two groups focusing on 'classic' and 'literature'. The final step of introducing the study of literature is education. Thus, an education in literature education is important for the completion of the study of literature. First, early classical literature education majors distinguish classical literature research from classical literature education research and evaluate the research papers, which explore the principals and have characteristics of generality and universality, as the results of classical literature education research. In addition, they mentioned 'classical literature as culture’and emphasized that the terms of literature which our ancestors used contain comprehensive historical and philosophical meanings in contrast to the terms of literature used today. Because of this, the purpose of the study of classical literature education is to extract universal principles from the systems of thinking and expression found in classical literature and to identify contemporary meanings and cultural effects. This position has developed from 'classics' to ' literature' and is becoming more 'literary' rather than 'literature' as time passes. In addition, it there has been a shift towards more emphasis of the nature of the text as an object of education rather than the excavation of new texts or new interpretations. These aspects, too, can be seen in the dissertation papers reviewed for the purposes of this study. Classical literature has an educational value or property which can be used for education in addition to its own ontological value. This is based on 'classics' and it should be noted that it shows the archetype of culture as a material impregnated with the appearances of the life of the times. It also demands that classical literature education should be performed based on historical facts; thus, it functions as one of the sources of educational material and studies of classical literature education aiming in different directions should therefore pay attention to this point. Next, there is actual research. The problem of 'How to teach' is related to actual teaching methods. There is a point where pedagogical perspective and actual experience in the field can be applied usefully. But, relatively speaking, there are not enough studies on research into 'Why? and what to teach?'. These two areas are interconnected because content can be selected depending on the purpose of the teaching. But, this essential part of the research contains weaker points than any other areas of the study results. In the future, it will be necessary to supplement with a study on the relatively weaker areas. It is expected that many studies will be conducted in accordance with the research methodology of new classical literature education including social scientific methodologies.