Examining the Ability to Create Literary Argumentative Writing with a Focus on Seeking Validity in Interaction with the Text

Abstract

　　The purpose of this study was to analyze the realities of “literary argumentation,” in which learners seek the validity of their imaginations and impressions through their encounters with literary texts, and to examine the ability to create literary argumentative writing. The research method was a qualitative analysis of learners’ literary argumentative writing, with the nature of interpretation analyzed using Gadamer’s hermeneutics and Yamamoto (2011) as a framework to examine the ability to create literary argumentative writing. This study revealed that the ability to create literary argumentative writing consists of three aspects: “the ability to select and coordinate one’s own experiences and thoughts to engage with the textual world,” “the ability to reflect on one’s own engagement with the text,” and “the ability to construct textual coherence and value through dialectical reasoning.”