Publishing the series 'Korean Short Stories with Question Marks'
preface

Reading the work "The Love Guest and Mother"_Joo Yo-seop

Reading 『Love Guest and Mother』 in depth, asking and answering questions
1_ Ok-hee's days
· What kind of person is a ‘love guest’?
· What does 'inside and outside' mean?
· Why does Ok-hee cry so often?
· What kind of person was Ok-hee's father?
2_ Love of the Love Guest
· Why is Mr. Love so kind to Ok-hee?
· Why does Ok-hee's mother buy so many eggs?
· Why did Mr. Love go to the chapel?
· Why is Ok-hee's mother playing the geomungo again?
· What are the feelings of Mr. Sarang and Ok-hee's mother towards each other?
3_ Mother's Farewell
· Why does the world criticize a woman when she remarries?
· Why does Ok-hee's mother keep saying, "Don't take the test"?
· Why doesn't Ok-hee's mother play the geomungo?
· Did Ok-hee's mother not remarry or was she unable to do so?
· Who is the main character of this novel?

Reading broadly: A look into the world beyond the work
Author Story - A Chronology of Joo Yo-seop's Life and Works, Learn More About the Author
A Tale of the Times - 1930-1935
Reading Together - Unfulfilled Love
Reread - What if Love Guest and Ok-hee's mother were texting each other?
Reader's Story - Love Guest and Ok-hee's Mother Write Letters to Each Other

References

Dreaming of a literature class overflowing with wild imaginations and lively questions!

Teachers from the National Association of Korean Language Teachers have been thinking about how to make literature classes fun and interesting.
And finally, I came up with the idea of ​​'finding with a question mark'.
This is not a literature class that has been conducted so far, that is, a class that provides students with uniform and mechanical information about the work, but a method that provides answers to the questions that students actually have after reading the work.
Through this, we aimed to establish a foundation for a user-centered literature class that allows students to understand and empathize with the work, rather than a one-sided literature class that was consistently focused on fragmentary understanding and forced memorization.
The series 'Korean Short Stories with Question Marks' can be considered a guide to help this type of literature class take root in schools.


'Korean Short Stories with Question Marks' is a selection of short stories included in middle and high school Korean language and literature textbooks, and which have been widely read by many people for a long time.
After having students read the selected works, I collected all the questions they had.
Among them, we selected those that were frequently asked, meaningful, novel, and original, and created a list of questions in a set manner.
Then, current Korean language teachers answered the questions based on what they had studied by searching through numerous books and papers.
It was written in simple language so that students can easily read it, and illustrations, photos, and reference materials were placed appropriately.
In this way, I tried to approach the more universal meaning of the work.

'Question Marks for Korean Short Stories' is a new, unprecedented content that provides reading materials and information that can elicit diverse and profound thoughts.
It will not only open up the horizon of 'student-centered novel appreciation' but also provide an opportunity for students to become closer to literary works.


Discover Korea's representative short stories from textbooks in a single, deep and broad volume!

『(Reading with a Teacher) Love Guest and Mother』 is the fourth book in the series ‘Korean Short Stories with Question Marks’ planned by the National Association of Korean Language Teachers.
'Finding Korean Short Stories with Question Marks' was born from the sorrow of the educational reality in which children are increasingly moving away from literature due to memorization-based and problem-solving-based literature classes.
And it is being created with the will and passion of teachers who want to make literary works come alive and breathe close to children.


As the series title suggests, this book goes far beyond the fragmentary interpretation and understanding of novels found in conventional textbooks or reference books.
Because it covers historical, cultural, social, and literary information in an easy and fun way based on questions that students actually ask when reading the work, it will be of great help in fully understanding a single work.

This book is structured as 'Reading Novels - Reading Deeply - Reading Broadly'.


'Deep Reading' is filled with meaningful questions that children have while reading the work, selected from among them, and teachers' answers to them.
It focuses on the background, characters, events, and themes related to the work itself, and allows readers to internalize the work in various ways while reading.


'Reading Broadly' aims to broaden the understanding of a work by examining the elements surrounding the work, such as the author and the circumstances of the time.
Additionally, the results of students' reading and activities on the work were included, allowing students to get a glimpse into their peers' thoughts on the work.
And by introducing other works with similar materials or themes through ‘linked reading,’ we were able to broaden the reading experience and the scope of literary appreciation.


"The Love Guest and Mother," a classic love story told by six-year-old Ok-hee!

"The Love Guest and Mother" is a novel set in the 1930s.
In the 1930s, men and women were not as free to meet and date as they are today.
This is because the traditional ethics of the Joseon Dynasty were still alive in people's lives.
Moreover, a woman's remarriage was a socially stigmatized issue.


Looking at it from today's perspective, the sight of Mr. Sarang and Ok-hee's mother is so frustrating and pitiful.
Their feelings for each other gradually grow beyond affection, but they rarely see each other face to face.
However, the innocence of Ok-hee, who acts as a 'messenger of love' between the two, adds to the fun of reading the novel.
It's also interesting to see the subtle feelings of love that sprout between two people and then inevitably fade away, portrayed through the eyes of a six-year-old girl who knows nothing about it.


After reading "The Love Guest and the Mother," it might be interesting to think about what hindered the love between men and women at the time, and what hinders the love between men and women today.