대학 기초교양에서의 ‘창의적 글쓰기’ 인식 연구- ‘창의적 글쓰기’ 교재를 중심으로 -

Abstract

As more the proposals of writing education related thesis are submitted and more various types of teaching methods are developed and shared, the quality of writing education is gradually getting improved. Nevertheless, some points out the fact that researches on writing itself rather fall behind. With this critical mind, this paper examines the perception of ‘Creative Writing’ in the current curriculum as a preliminary research, especially focused on academic textbooks. First, the paper looked into how to view the writing in this information age. The changes in writing patterns in the transition to information age, are mentioned in all the chosen three types of textbooks, but with different way of looking, respectively. With the emphasis on writing in private realm, Konkuk University textbook briefly mentions the writing from the objective and principle views, while Sungkyunkwan University one provides its negative views on Internet-based writing culture. To the contrary, Hanyang University textbook contains its positive views in that the barrier of writing becomes lowered in the information age and a subjective writer enjoys the joy of free writing. Such different views depend on how text democracy is perceived in the information age, which may require us to deeply think about the issues of writing and democracy. Each education has its own contents and methods in composing the creative writing and the subjective writer. Sungkyunkwan University textbook encourages creative writing not afraid of discord with the current times, asking the subjective writers to clearly have ‘critical mind’. Hanyang University textbook emphasizes on subjective writers' ‘passion’ and ‘self-consciousness’. According to the definitions in this textbook, an ideal creative writer continues to introspect his and her writing style, being honest to ‘self’. From such aspects, the creativity of a subjective writer, according to these two textbooks, put emphasis on critical and introspective properties regarding the subjective writer and the community that such subjective writer belongs to. To the contrary, Konkuk University textbook connects ‘happiness’ and ‘life’ of subjective writer with creativity. According to this, creative thinking and writing skill contributes to happy life of such subjective writer. Such differences also lead to those in the perception of other-ness, ethics and social nature in writing. Identifying the creative subject with its key words ‘life’ and ‘happiness’, Konkuk University textbook briefly deals with the ethical issues in writing, while Sungkyunkwan University and Hanyang University ones handling them more importantly. Sungkyunkwan University textbook lists unethical behaviors in detail, including plagiarism, and Hanyang University one criticizes unethical writers who are often overwhelmed by the relationship and personal desire. From such differences among textbooks, we sense that personal and public writing issues may another important themes as well in a study of writing. The need of research on personal and public writing, may be further emphasized, because it is entirely related across other-ness, ethics and social nature. A study on writing requires the various research methodologies besides teaching methods. Especially, theoretical, historical and cultural research will have to be more actively more active on writing the topic at a slow pace so far. Such activities will be helpful in the aspects of expansion and depth of thoughts for writing, but there is more than that. Through which, it will allow to introduce newer viewpoints to look into the existing studies differently.