METHOD AND ETHICS OF STORY MAKING IN KOREAN LITERARY THERAPY
Keywords:
Ethics, Folktales, Literary Therapy, Narrative, Selfstory, Self-understanding, Story Making, SustainabilityAbstract
Examining the concept of literary therapy and its effects, this paper explores the method and unique ethical effects of ‘story making’ in Korean literary therapy, and proposes 'story making' as a way for participating-readers to practice self-understanding and self-growth through Korean folktales. First, to lead storymaking to a literary therapy, we define the concepts of fictional narrative, self-story, folktales, participating-reader, literary therapist, and explain the role of these concepts. Second, we examine five stages involved in the process of story-making in Korean literary therapy: Understanding Participation-Reader and Folktale Selection, Making Fictional Narrative, Narrative Exploration, Connecting with Participant-Reader, Changing Story and Seeking Solutions. A participating-reader connects and integrates a literary text with his or her symptom via unique characteristics of each stage in step-by-step features. Third, the effects of literary therapy are practicing sustainable education through self-understanding and psychological growth and emulating the healthy lifestyles and ethics of others.
References
Peter Bieri, Wie Wollen Wir Leben? trans. Hang-Shim Moon, Seoul: Eunhaengnamu, 2015, 17-18.
Porter H. Abbott, The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative, trans. Chan-je Woo et al. Seoul: Moonji Publishing, 2010.
Unchae Jeong, “One's impressions of Guunmong and The Epic of Self,” Journal of Literary Therapy 1 (2004): 31-54.
Dong-hun Shin “A Study for Extension of Narrative Theory in Literary Therapeutics-Re-definition of Seosa and Dualistic World of Seosa (Story-in-depth),” Journal of Literary Therapy 38 (2016): 964.
Jae-Beom Hong, “The Correlation between Story and Narrative,” Journal of Korean National Language and Literature 62 (2019): 199-220.
Bruner, J. S., Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life, trans. Hyun-Suk Kang and Kyung-Soo Kim, Seoul: Kyoyookkwahhaksa, 2010, 99.
Boyd, B., On the Origin of Story: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction, trans., Kyung-Tae Nam, Seoul: Humanist, 2013, 279.
Bruner, J. S., Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life, trans. Hyun-Suk Kang, Kyung-Soo Kim, Seoul: Kyoyookkwahaksa, 2010, 125-126.
Jeen Youn, “Fiction de la vérité ou vérité de la fiction - Problèmes de l'écriture autobiographique,” Societe Coreenne d'Enseignement de Langue et Litterature Francaises 7 (1999): 261-282.
M. Lüthi, Es war einmal... Vom Wesen des Volksmärchens, trans., Kyung-Yeon Kim, Seoul: Chundongguhin, 2008, 171-178.
V. Kast, Märchen als Therapie, trans., Yeon-Sook Choi, Seoul: Yeollinsisun, 2010, 7.
B. Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment 1, trans., Ok-Soon Kim, Ok Joo, Seoul: Sigongjunior, 2001, 44.
N. Peseschkian, Oriental Stories as Tools in Psychotherapy: The Merchant and the Parrot, trans, Seung-Eu Oh, Seoul: Hanaeuihaksa, 2008, 51.
Elizabeth M. Stevens-Guille and Frederic J. Boersma, “Fairy Tales as a Trance Experience: Possible Therapeutic Uses,” American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 34, no. 4 (1992): 245-254.
Nina W. Brown, “The Therapeutic Use of Fairy Tales with Adults in Group Therapy,” Journal of Creativity in Mental Health 2, no. 4 (2008): 87-96.
Paul Ricoeur, Temps et récit Ⅰ : Intrigue et récit historique, trans. HanSik Kim, Kyung-Rae Lee, Seoul: Moonji Publishing, 1999, 125-195.
Eun-Sang Cho, The Application and Effectiveness of Story Making by Using Folktales in the Counseling, Doctoral thesis, Dankook University, 2016, 43.
Cho, The Application and Effectiveness of Story Making, 44.
Lüthi, Es war einmal... Vom Wesen des Volksmärchens, 150.
M. White, Maps of Narrative Practice, trans., Sun-Hye Lee et al, Seoul: Hakjisa, 2010.
Richard G. Erskine, Janet P. Moursund, and Rebecca L. Trautmann, Beyond Empathy, trans., Byung-Suk Kim et al, Seoul: Hakjisa, 2011, 260.
The Therapeutic Use of Fairy Tales with Adults in Group Therapy,” 87-96.
Erskine, Moursund, and Trautmann, Beyond Empathy, 262-266.
Erskine, Moursund, and Trautman, Beyond Empathy, 267.
Alain Badiou, L’Éthique: Essai sur la conscience du Mal, trans., Jongyoung Lee, Seoul: Dongmunseon, 2001, 25.
Paul Ricoeur, Soi-même Comme Un Autre, trans., Woong-Kwon Kim, Seoul: Dongmunseon, 2006, 192.
