조선 후기 계층별 문해 인구의 규모와 문해율 추정 방법에 대한 시론적 고찰

초록

In this paper, the pattern of literacy by class in the late Joseon Dynasty was largely divided into four classes: Yangban, Jungin, commoners, and slaves. And in this paper, it was revealed that it was possible to roughly estimate the literacy rate of the late Joseon Dynasty by matching this with the population composition information of each class calculated through the study of family registers in the late Joseon Dynasty. According to the review in this paper, most of the Yangban and Jungin classes in the late Joseon Dynasty were those with dual literacy skills in Korean and Chinese characters. They had to have a certain degree of literacy skills to maintain their status or perform their duties, but they naturally grew into holders of Korean and Chinese bilingual literacy skills in the late Joseon Dynasty, where bilingual texts were widely used from the basic education stage. Unlike the Yangban and Jungin classes, the commoners and low-class people were often alienated from long-term systematic education necessary to acquire Chinese character literacy skills, so only a few or few people had Chinese character literacy skills and lived a writing life relatively centered on Hangeul. It is possible to roughly estimate the size and literacy rate of the literacy population of each class in the late Joseon Dynasty by matching the population composition information for each class in the late Joseon Dynasty, which is calculated as a result of the above family register study. However, the method of estimating the literacy population size and literacy rate of the late Joseon Dynasty illustrated in this paper is required to supplement the factual and logical basis through related research in the future.

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