Poetry and Contemplative Science
The Korean Society For Teaching English Literature, Hyesook Son, Shin-Il Han
영미문학교육 September 30, 2023 DOI: 10.19068/jtel.2023.27.2.10 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Interventions | Poetry reading Expressive writing |
| Measures | self-checklist |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key points | Argues that contemplative science should incorporate poetic language so learners can raise ontological, epistemological, and semantic questions, and proposes an education model pairing MBSR with poetry reading and expressive writing. The author contends poetry can be the best language for meditation and illustrates the model with selected poems, writing prompts, and participants' self-checklist responses. |
Abstract
This study aims to demonstrate how contemplative science and poetic language can be combined to improve learners’ awareness and achieve harmony and balance between their mind and body. A contemplative science that seeks to encompass the wholeness of human beings must incorporate a language that allows learners to raise ontological, epistemological, and semantic questions to develop their awareness of self, others, and the world in which they live and to expand individual experiences into universal values. An innovative education model is proposed in this study, which combines the representative meditation program, MBSR with poetry reading and expressive writing. After explaining why poetry can be the best language for meditation, this essay presents a few selected poetry texts, the following questions for writing exercises, and the analysis of participants’ descriptive responses in their self-checklist.