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Ewha Kindergarten and its Quality Songbook: Looking into Colonial Seoul through the Anthology of Yuhui-Changga

Jeeyeon Huh 1

1이화여자대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This paper explores educational situations in 1930s colonial Seoul through the Anthology of Yuhui-Changga published by Ewha kindergarten. First, I examine the historical and cultural background of kindergarten education in colonial Korea and Anthology of Yuhui-Changga edited by Charlotte G. Brownlee, a missionary professor of Ewha kindergarten and kindergarten training school. Then, I compare the anthology with two other anthologies: Anthology of Yuhui-Changga (1933) edited by Park Bongae and Anthology of Pyojeong-Yuhui-Changga (1936) edited by Cha Sabaek & Lee Bohyung. The two books are differentiated from Brownlee’s for physical characteristics and musical character. While Brownlee’s book includes many Mother Goose rhymes and European traditional children’s songs, Korean writers’ books contain lots of songs characterized by the style of songs found in the Japanese army. The former excludes Korean and Japanese composers’ songs, but the latter includes some of them. Korean writers’ books share some common traits with the music textbooks and anthologies of Changga distributed in the same period. Thus, Brownlee’s book shows uniqueness. Therefore, it’s possible to conclude that the education of Ewha is located in different context from the general educational situation in 1930s colonial Seoul. The exclusiveness of missionary society and the specialty of Ewha, which was established by women missionaries, are important factors to which the differences may be attributed.

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