A CURRICULAR STUDY OF PROMOTING STUDENT CREATIVITY AND AGENCY THROUGH CLASSICAL LITERATURE CLASSES BASED ON THE WORKS OF KIM SOO-YOUNG
A CURRICULAR STUDY OF PROMOTING STUDENT CREATIVITY AND AGENCY THROUGH CLASSICAL LITERATURE CLASSES BASED ON THE WORKS OF KIM SOO-YOUNG

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyzes a real classroom curriculum using classicalliterature in a second-year Classical Literature classroom at a high school inSeoul, South Korea. The class was designed in a very creative way. Learnerswho signed up for this class could freely choose an author. Among them, KimSoo-young (김수영) was the most voted for author. The class was organizedin teams where learners participate through team activities. The teams readand interpreted Kim's poetry and prose. Each student then spoke about theirfavorite piece. The teams discussed their favorite pieces, then decided whichwork represents the team. One of the team members introduced the selectedwork to the other students. The students then organized a performance of thework presented with others in the class. After some discussion, Kim’s poetry,prose, and diary entries are reimagined in the form of a play. Team membersshare and prepare a performance of the play they have discussed. Studentswere able to practice as playwrights, directors, prop designers, and sound ef-fect engineers. After this preparation, all five teams performed their plays.Using the work of Kim Soo-young, students were able to interpret literatureinto their own creative works. This curriculum asked students to create aswell as evaluate other performances, allowing them to practice self-directedlearning and develop agency over their study of classical literature. This les-son also allowed students to foster creativity through collaboration and dis-cussion with their peers, practicing key social skills such as empathy and con-sideration for others.

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