상호 문화적 능력 향상을 위한 한국의 ‘흥’ 이해 교육 연구 - 고전 문학 제재를 중심으로 -

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to understand Koreans' emotions or ‘Heung(興)’, an element of Korean spiritual culture, to help understanding Korean cultures in depth, and to improve intercultural competence. Intercultural competence, as an important element which acts as a base of communicative competence and cultural competence, is essential to acquire target language and culture. Meanwhile, ‘Heung’ is a positive emotion, such as joy, pleasure, refreshingness, and it is embedded in Koreans' spirits and their everyday lives with background of Korean society, history, and culture. This paper reports that it is necessary to understand ‘Heung’, an element of Korean spiritual culture, in order to improve intercultural competence of Korean language learners. Next, target texts are selected from classical literatures including <Heungbuga>, the Korean classical pansori, and Sijo, Kasa, Jabga, and classic folk songs. Then educational contents of ‘Heung’ were divided into four: ‘Heung’ through communion with target person, ‘Heung’ as a spontaneous personality, ‘Heung’ as a optimistic personality, and ‘Heung’ as collective openness. The following are also suggested as a teaching methods of understanding ‘Heung’ to improve intercultural competence: confirming students' basic knowledge about ‘Heung’, understanding the concepts through the usage of ‘Heung’, experiencing ‘Heung’ through realization and sympathy, and realizing ‘Heung’ through cross cultural discussion.