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The purpose of this paper is to contemplate the concept of storytelling with a critical eye from the perspective of humanities and discuss the educational value of classical narrations. Modern storytelling can be defined as ‘storytelling including making stories’ characterized by ① powerful purpose, ② a solid narrative , ③ three-dimensional and diverse means of expression , ④ active use of external contents , ⑤ a focus on division of labor and cooperation. From ② to ⑤ are the menas to achieve the objective (①). This powerful finality is the essence of modern storytelling and is based on the justice of the objective. Thus the problem is that the practicality of storytelling as a tool is overemphasized and thereby the introspection for the justice of purposes dwindles away and the tendency of pandering to the needs of capital and power strengthens. A hope that storytelling will bring us ideal future-dream society- and a concern that storytelling will be used as a tool to suppress our emotion are the two sides of the same coin. The heads and tails of the coin will depend on whether storytellers are able to introspect about the usefulness or serious risks of this tool or have a sense of sincere responsibility for the justice of purpose. In this context, Korea's classical narrations have values as the materials for storytelling or because of educational aspects. Classical narrations have the values and ways of thinking different from those in our time and culture. They are the alternatives to mechanistic reductionism: ① holistic life respect, competitive individualism, ② Idea of coexistent community, capitalist popular nature, ③ just and good nature. In addition, classics have survived, been supported by many people in a long time and been verified academically. Thus they are expected to serve as the origin of alternative causes beyond being used as materials. However in reality the majority of storytellers make classics conversational pieces, failing to resist the lure by the market. To be free from such lure, the elaborate understanding of classics and a periodical sense of vocation are required. This is why the perspective of humanities is required.