This study aims to consider teaching and learning methods in Lee, Gwang-soo's 『Moo jeong』 focusing on its growth novel characteristics. Growth novel is an useful genre, educationally in the way that it helps teenagers form self-identity through in...
This study aims to consider teaching and learning methods in Lee, Gwang-soo's 『Moo jeong』 focusing on its growth novel characteristics. Growth novel is an useful genre, educationally in the way that it helps teenagers form self-identity through interaction with characters and provides an opportunity for them to reflect on a desirable way of life. The first stage of this research is to examine growth novel's concepts and characteristics and extract its educational values and points to aim for in order to gain a foothold of discussion, ultimately.
Prior to exploring the possibility of 『Moo jeong』 as a growth novel, a critical mind supporting the necessity of this study was found, by searching growth novel-related elements in the 7th Korean language curriculum and curriculum devised in 2007 and reviewing how it is being taught in the 7th 「literature」 textbook.
The curriculums only contained fragmentary elements relevant to establishment of self-identity or figure study through literatures rather than focusing on ‘growth novels’. For lack of space, the 7th 「literature」textbook included conclusions only as well, and most of students did nothing but learn the significance of literature history and a fragmentary relationship of characters. For such reasons, there was a limit to development into growth novel education.
We need to consider a relation between characters and their internal changes to educate students about growth novels, as they strikingly highlight characters' internal growth and show assistants to help their growth. Chapter Ⅲ, therefore, explores the possibility of 『Moo jeong』 as a growth novel in earnest focusing on its characters.
When analyzing 8 character compositions of a teacher-pupil relation in 『Moo jeong』, Young-chae was influenced the most by other characters, whereas Hyung-sik influenced them. In succession, discussion was depended, by deriving three growth elements from them, separately.
Here, Young-chae's growth elements are summarized into ‘A collapse of family and Gisaeng's position’, ‘A suicidal act and meeting with Byung-wook’ and ‘A sense of duty for serving the country as the pillar’, and Hyung-sik's growth elements are summarized into ‘An awakening of the modern love’, ‘The realization of intellectual vanity’ and ‘Positioning as a pioneer for the people’.
Chapter Ⅳ critically considers teaching and learning models of the existing literatures and proposes teaching and learning methods of 『Moo jeong』 as the final objective of this study. To achieve this, teaching and learning models to bring ‘PlanningㆍDiagnosisㆍGuidanceㆍAssessmentㆍInternalization Processes’ together, were developed, based on learner-centered educational view and constructivist science of literature. Of them, guidance process consists of ‘Heuristic reading → Interpretive reading → Critical reading’ and assessment and internalization include the whole teaching and learning processes.
In conclusion, this discussion is diversifying teaching and learning methods in 『Moo jeong』 which are monotonous and suggesting a way of exploring its growth novel characteristics that have rarely been handled, so far. In addition, it is expected that it would be a role model about specific, educational plans of growth novels and arouse the necessity of growth novel education.