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A Study on the Formation of Culture(Bildung)-Literature Discourses during the 1910~20’s in Korea

  • The Journal of General Education
  • 2016, (4), pp.7~28
  • DOI : 10.24173/jge.2016.12.4.7
  • Publisher : Da Vinci Mirae Institute of General Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education > Field of Education > General Education
  • Published : December 30, 2016

Kwon YuSeong 1

1제주대학교

ABSTRACT

This study intends to consider the process that culture(bildung)- literature discourses were formed during the 1910~20’s in Korea. It was the modern transformation of system that was the most emphasized in that period. And the rapid importation of knowledge was critical to it. In Korea, the formative process of modern culture(bildung) concept was obliged to influenced in such situation. The word cultivate was more important than the word cultured/ uncultured during the 1910~20’s in Korea. And the word cultivate was more frequently used by intellectuals in that time. Especially, the word cultivate used to employ when it was clear hierarchy between subject and object of culture(bildung). In other words, if the subject of culture(bildung) was limited to the sphere of some intellectuals, the object of it was extended to very broad sphere of kids, women, workers and farmers. Such subalterns in the nations couldn't be the subject of culture(bildung) for oneself. Because korean intellectuals had to be overwhelmed with the Western civilization in that time. Meanwhile, it was similar process that literature discourse occupied the heart of culture(bildung) discourses. Especially in condition of that the lists of literary culture were not still canonized, the word literature could not help working to unlearned people with repressive signifie.

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