Modern Social Science Research

The current curriculum system for Korean language majors exhibits a relatively slow pace in reforming Korean literature courses, while the need to cultivate cultural confidence and a global perspective has become increasingly prominent. By integrating project-based teaching methods with the Korean literary history course and incorporating elements of ‌Chinese classics‌, we constructed a student-centered teaching model. The course adopts a group-based collaborative approach, using the connections between Korean literature from various periods (e.g., Goryeo Dynasty) and Chinese classical literature (e.g., works of Tao Yuanming), outstanding traditional culture, and classical philosophical thought as entry points to design cross-cultural understanding and comparative activities. Practice has shown that this model significantly enhances students' learning enthusiasm, cross-cultural analytical skills, and cultural identity, providing a teaching example for foreign language talent cultivation that combines academic depth with ideological and political value. In the course implementation, students work in groups of 3–4 to conduct comparative research on Korean literature from different periods and Chinese classical literature (e.g., works of Tao Yuanming and Li Bai), completing project tasks through classroom presentations, cross-cultural workshops, and AI text analysis. A semester of teaching practice indicates that over 85% of students believe this model effectively improved their literary analysis skills and cultural identity. In the future, this approach could be further expanded to other East Asian literature courses to deepen research on mutual learning among civilizations.

Project-based teaching; Chinese classics; Korean literature curriculum; Ideological and political education; Korean language education