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A Study on the Selection of Literary Works for Multicultural Education. Journal of the International Network for Korean Language and Culture. Vol.7-2. 23-46. This study examined what to be considered in order to select literature materials matching the direction of literacy required in multicultural society at the intersection of literary education and multicultural education. Literary education essentially shares the goals of multicultural education, which are tolerance and respect for diversity, and it has regarded it as a critical object to make individuals have reflective identity. And for a successful multicultural education, we need to select literature materials in consideration of the following: (1) select works that help the learners understand Korean culture in order to provide minorities with opportunities to learn Korean traditional culture; (2) teach literary works necessary to understand the culture of minorities’ original countries in order to help minorities establish their identity and to help majorities understand minorities; (3) select Korean writers’ literary works on cultural conflicts experienced by minorities in order to help majorities understand minorities; and (4) select literary works that deal with multicultural themes more directly. Using literary works selected by these principles, learners may abandon the attitude of emphasizing ‘difference’ and attain cultural integration based on mutual understanding and tolerance of cultural diversity. (Cheongju National University of Education)