The purpose of this paper is to check the thcory and method of literary education and to find its practical possibilities, which are involved in context-centered and critical literary education. The key point of understanding and appreciating literary...
The purpose of this paper is to check the thcory and method of literary education and to find its practical possibilities, which are involved in context-centered and critical literary education. The key point of understanding and appreciating literary works is to identify a consistent theme. The context is a very important factor in literary education because coherent meanings of the text is formed in the context. Also, the critical literary education refers to critical attitude to consider appropriateness of authors`` thinking and feeling instead of accepting them honestly Criticism can be credited for the validity when proper understanding on the creative context takes precedence. The context is a important consideration in critical literary education as well. Therefore, the theory and methods of context-centered literature education and critical literature education were examined at this paper. Specifically, a concept of the context was checked with reference to a meaning of literary text at first. Second, the concept of context and adequacy of accepting the context are examined in Korean education. Third, theoretical foundation of central-context literature education and practical methods are check. Fourth, theoretical foundation of critical literature methods, I used the classical literature works. I expect that this text will help to fulfill methodological practice of literature education.