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This article aims to examine the ways in which Korean language textbooks reflect and convey nationalist sentiments during the liberation period of Korea. During this period, since promoting national ideology was one of the important policies adopted by the South Korean government, education and Korean language textbooks were often employed to propagate the state ideology. On the basis of this premise, this study analyzes how the discourse of nationalism was constructed and formulated in the educating methods and materials contained in Korean language textbooks. The Korean language textbooks produced during the liberation period deal with national discourse in three aspects. First, they are intended to deepen the sense of national identity among students by illuminating the excellence of hangŭ and adopting a new method of teaching consonants and vowels separately rather than introducing syllables. Secondly, the textbooks appealed to people’s imagination by presenting the materials that emphasizes affection for and pride of the Korean language. Thirdly, they placed emphasis on the nation’s heritage by including articles on Korean customs, relics, and history. As such, the Korean textbooks were designed to convey the nationalist sentiment to Korean readers.
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The liberation period, Korean language textbooks, the nation, the discourse of nationalism, Korean middle school textbooks, Korean elementary school textbooks, First step in Korean
