신물질주의적 유아 리터러시: 개념과 성격 및 사례 분석

Abstract

This paper ventures to dismantle previous theoretical foundations, such as humanism, ecologism, or constructivism, by proposing posthumanism as a newly emerging onto-epistemological paradigm on children’s literacy. To pursue this aim, this paper adopts new materialism and analyzes about 500 children’s picture books published as children’s literature. The core research questions of this paper are two-fold: First, what are the notions, theoretical bases, and principles of new material children’s literacy?; and Second, how posthuman chanracters and principles are applied in actual children’s picture books? The major arguments of this paper are: First, materiality, multi-modality, and affection can be the core components of posthuman children’s literacy; Second, new material literacy tend to project post-human identity and thing-subjectivity, post-contextual hybrid-virtuality, and post-cognitive embodiment. This paper’s argument may broaden the theoretical horizen of children’s literacy.