예술작품을 활용한 문학교육: 고전영문학강의의 한 사례

Abstract

Sung-Uk KongIn world-wide perspective teaching the classical literature is much harder nowadays. Most students surrounded by the digital and visualized materials show no interest on the word on the page anymore. This trend inevitably leaves us the sincere study on the pedagogical method on teaching the classical literature.In this paper I try to show my personal experience on teaching the English classical literature using the pictures and the architectures represented the western Medieval and Renaissance periods.The visual materials such as pictures and architectures are relatively easier than writing materials in understanding, and they also reflect the Zeitgeist of the day like most literary works. They also share the same Zeitgeist irrespective of the form and style. Therefore reading and understanding the visual materials give the basic and objective concepts to interpret the literary works of the day relatively without toil.The general knowledge on the differences between the Medieval and the Renaissance in arts(visual materials) can be extended to those of the literary works of the period, which most students unwillingly try to study nowadays. But this attempt, by my personal experience and judgment, provides professors who are destined to teach the English classical literature with the most effective way to fulfill their objectives.