This study began with the critical awareness that, despite active discussions on learners' emotional experiences and bodily resonances in modern poetry education, the unconscious and immediate processes occurring at the moment of such resonances, as w...
This study began with the critical awareness that, despite active discussions on learners' emotional experiences and bodily resonances in modern poetry education, the unconscious and immediate processes occurring at the moment of such resonances, as well as the social dimensions of their continuous change and resonance with others, have not been sufficiently addressed. Previous discussions mainly dealt with emotions consciously constructed or experiences retrospectively reconstructed after reading poetry, while exploration of the unconscious changes in intensity occurring in the body at the moment of reading, their processual nature, and social transmission remained relatively insufficient. Accordingly, this study reconceptualized poetry reading not as meaning interpretation but as a process of affective resonance, and sought new directions for modern poetry reading education centered on how learners' bodily resonances are triggered, transformed, and resonate.
Chapter II examined the philosophical genealogy of the affect concept to establish the theoretical foundation of affective resonance. Synthesizing Spinoza's 'affectio' as the body's capacity for modification, Deleuze's concepts of intensity and becoming, and Massumi's discussion of 'affect,' this study defined 'affective resonance' as a dynamic process in which the material intensity of poetic text triggers latent sensations in the reader's body, and the reader's body selectively responds according to its own arrangement, generating new meaning. At this point, affective resonance is not a reaction isolated within the individual but possesses a social character that is transmitted and resonates among learners.
Chapter III empirically analyzed the aspects of learners' affective resonances based on this theoretical foundation. The preliminary experiment was conducted with 73 male third-year students at H High School in Seoul, and the main experiment was conducted with 382 middle and high school students of various genders and grades. Collecting learner resonances to works by poets such as Shin Kyung-rim, Kim Young-rang, Baek Seok, Ki Hyung-do, Yun Dong-ju, and Choi Seung-ja, the results showed that learners responded bodily to the material properties of poetic language, and these affective resonances changed over time and were transmitted and resonated through contact with others.
Chapter IV designed the goals, content, and methods of affective resonance-centered modern poetry education based on these findings. The educational goals were set as enabling learners to practice poetry reading autonomously through bodily and individual affective experiences, and to participate in poetic communities through social resonance. The educational content was organized into forming bodily sensations through the sound, rhythm, and form of poetic language; experiencing individual meaning generation through changes in affective intensity; and experiencing collective resonance through sharing and transmission of affect. The teaching methods were specified as multi-sensory expressive activities for experiencing linguistic materiality, repeated reading for the continuation and change of affect, and dialogue and collaborative reading for social resonance.
The significance of this study lies in systematizing affect theory as a core concept in modern poetry education while complementing gaps that previous research could not address. In particular, by emphasizing that learners' bodies are historical bodies inscribed with life experiences and social relationships, this study revealed that poetry reading is a lifelong process of continuous dialogue with the learner's concrete life. Learners are positioned not as passive recipients of poetic texts but as participatory subjects who generate meaning through sensations latent in their bodies and resonate with others. It is hoped that the discussions and designs proposed in this study will establish a new turning point in modern poetry education and contribute to practically expanding the educational significance of affect.