영미소설 교육과 타자와의 입장 바꾸기

Teaching English Fiction: Exchanging Positions with the Other

&nbsp;&nbsp;It is good that in the area of English literature, such terms as sex, race, and class have been discussed enough to challenge traditional humanists, and as a result, socio-politically speaking, minor groups have come to reclaim their lost voice to some extent. However, it does not necessarily mean that we have to discard the premise: Human beings can share universal human nature.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Through a case study of teaching four novels--Dubliners, To the Lighthouse, The Assistant, and The Joy Luck Club--this paper shows how the revised humanistic teaching philosophy affects the content of the course, and ultimately helps students have a balanced perspective in a postmodern world.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reading English novels, Korean students can have a great opportunity to experience--regardless of sex, race, and class--how humans can share universal human nature as well as how humans vary according to their background. Furthermore, when teachers provide students with a learning environment, which is reciprocal and communicative, the students will learn how to live together with and for "others" with a responsibility for the community as a whole. This should be the fundamental goal for teaching English fiction to Korean students.