융합적 사고교육을 위한 문학텍스트의 교양수업 활용방안－에.테.아. 호프만의 『모래인간』을 중심으로－

Abstract

Hoffmann’s nouvelle “The Sandman” allows readers to acquire knowledge and rational thinking that are based on the multi-layered fields of study such as literary science and natural science.　 Especially, it attracts active participation from readers by using an unusual narrative style that refuses to give a clear explanation of characters and events. Thus, if an instructor combines text reading skills from multidisciplinary perspectives with active debates and writing composition, then, education for convergence thinking will be carried out effectively. First and foremost, education for convergence thinking will be fulfilled through a study on the text that is implicit in different themes. Through reading a text from a perspective of literary science, students are expected to understand characteristics of German romanticism and enlightenment and critical thinking on human types accordingly. Also, by the medium of a telescope and a cyborg, which are products of the scientific breakthrough at the time, “The Sandman” covers certain issues of unethical behaviors of scientists and harmful consequences of advancement in scientific technology. In this sense, along with reading texts from multidisciplinary perspectives, discussion in class, and writing composition, students can achieve active learning towards convergence thinking. There are possible activities: a group discussion on a possibility that Coppelius and Coppola are the same person, a plenary debate on a relationship between the death of Nathanael and other characters, and in-class writing on social roles of a writer and scientist. Critical thinking and writing activities will lead students to a research on the text in a more active and aggressive manner, and at the same time, students are going to consider that issues presented in the text are closely intertwined with realistic problems of today. “The Sandman” offers rich materials for debates and writing aiming convergence thinking, apart from the themes this article points out. In this respect, this Hoffmann’s short story can be presented as a classic literary text that actualizes education for convergence thinking and dissolves a sharp distinction between the humanities and natural science, through the process of ‘reading-thinking-speaking-writing.’