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http://dx.doi.org/10.5805/SFTI.2018.20.3.287

Literature-Based Instruction for Fashion Design Class: Using Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll  

Kim, Minjung (Dept. of English, Yongin University)
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Fashion & Textile Research Journal / v.20, no.3, 2018 , pp. 287-292 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study proposes a model for literature-based instruction within the context of a fashion design curriculum at a Korean university. The fashion design market continues to grow. The fashion design market now requires more cultural-bound strategies and efficient communication skills. The literature provides authentic resources and is highly relevant to the development of students' culture awareness as well as language awareness. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland written by Lewis Carroll contains various cultural contexts of the Victorian Era. The text provides explicit knowledge of the era depicted in both illustrations and satire languages. This study instructs students to analyze and interpret texts and illustrations so that they can engage critically and analytically in reading text to increase culture awareness and language awareness. The integration of literature and fashion design can provide students an opportunity to explore language choice and acquire refined knowledge of the target culture. Along with the text, illustrations in the literature provoke student's imaginative and creative thinking skills. Students can think and discuss many issues that deal with Victorian values and reinforce creative thinking skills. In the final stage, students can design fashion inspired by Victorian values and present their own designs using the acquired languages. This eventually leads students to adapt to a new notion for the fashion market and become competent communicators in the fashion world.
Keywords
culture awareness; language awareness; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Victorian era; creative thinking skills;
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