The Process of Dismissal And Education of Chinese Characters in Post-modern Korea
근대이후한국 ‘탈한자화’ 과정급한자교육
Since its introduction to the Korean peninsula, the Chinese character became the only official script and was revered by the rulers. In post modern era, with the intervention of Western forces and the awakening of Korean national consciousness, Korea began to abolite Chinese characters. This study examines the process of dismissal Chinese characters in post-modern Korea and the policy of Chinese characters education from the perspectives of linguistic sociology and theory of Chinese characters cultureology, and analyzes the reasons and rationality of its development, as well as the significance of Chinese characters education in Korea in the new era, based on historical materials such as relevant literature, news magazines, and policy decrees.