Novel reading education for recognition and participation in community issues from the perspective of communication: Focusing on Lee Cheong-jun’s Your Heaven

This study proposes reading Lee Cheong-jun’s Your Heaven from the perspective of communication as a way of reading novels to learn the meaning and requirements of communication, which are crucial in forming a desirable community for learners. From the perspective of literary education, this text approaches the problem of communication through conflict between characters, allowing us to recognize the meaning and importance of communication. Furthermore, from the standpoint of communication, it is possible to deal with the issues of silence; the absence of communication, the recognition of differences between oneself and others, and the acceptance of existence as an individual. Additionally, it can serve as a learning tool to approach and understand the concepts of freedom and love presented as a practice to solve communication problems and move forward as a single community. The exploration of the problematic approaches, requirements, and practices of communication revealed in Your Heaven can move toward recognizing the meaning and importance of communication today and exploring the requirements for forming a desirable community based on this. Accordingly, the educational plan for reading Your Heaven from the perspective of communication proposed in this article consists in helping learners develop an attitude of participating in the community as its members by understanding and internalizing the requirements for true communication and solidarity.