Learning About Humans through Literature

• There is a recognition that Core Curriculum aims for this.

• https://twitter.com/tobatoppers/status/1423077110093017089?s=21

  • Many high school second-year students who have read “I Am a Cat” are surprised to find that it feels like a story that could be happening now. Discovering these somewhat universal human characteristics through literature at a young age is very important, something that cannot be supplemented by other knowledge.

  • Even though I read literature in subjects like IB Japanese, I have never really felt like I was learning about humans.
    • So I don’t have a clear image of Core Curriculum either.
    • Could it be because it’s natural for characters in stories to behave like humans, so I didn’t notice?
  • I might have thought that a little while reading ”Kokoro“.
    • However, I only thought, “Oh, I understand what’s already known,” and didn’t have a sense of learning something special.
      • It might be that literature is good at verbalizing the emotions that come with it, though.

• So literature condenses “universal human characteristics”?

• Is it like an essay that Show, Not Tells values? (blu3mo)

  • Like how Ancient Japanese Thought’s ethics are shown through mythology.

• (yutarotanaka601) As one possible answer, it could be something like this: https://studybreaks.com/culture/reads/classic-literature-relevance/

from My Love Life

As I observe the samples around me, I gradually understand what I want and don’t want in what is called “love.” It seems that discussing love and romantic comedies (Love Talk and Romantic Comedy) as learning data/samples is important(?). 64111e3479e1130000836810

• In a way, it’s like Learning About Humans through Literature (haruhi)
  • I used to think that it’s impossible to learn about love through romantic comedy works at first sight.

    • Discovering somewhat universal human characteristics through literature

    • This is actually possible.
  • My understanding has changed about saying things like “I learned about the importance of friends” after watching a movie.

    • I only thought, “Oh, I understand what’s already known.”

    • It’s significant to be able to interpret it based on one’s own experiences.
    • And then give feedback to oneself.
      • Let’s take a random comment as an example:
        • The Strongest Couple’s Love and Peace Movie Review | Filmarks
      • (haruhi) used to evaluate novels primarily based on whether they work as novels.
  • It seems plausible that by meta-cognitively reflecting on “how do I feel about the work,” one’s understanding of one’s own emotions deepens. (blu3mo)
    • In the context of My Love Life, it could be like, “I like this kind of relationship.”