슬로우 리딩, 읽기

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by beShine

Dec 8. 2016

일단 위키에서 슬로우 리딩에 대한 정의를 찾아보았습니다. (링크)

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It has been suggested that this article be merged into Slow movement (culture). (Discuss) Proposed since August 2015.

슬로우 리딩은 슬로우 무브먼트와 연결되는 문화 활동 중의 하나로 인식된다

Slow reading

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Slow reading is the intentional reduction in the speed of reading, carried out to increase comprehension or pleasure.

슬로우 리딩은 의도적인 속도의 감소라는 첫 설명이 눈에 와 닿았다. 2010년대 쯤인가 아이폰을 쓰게 되면서부터 시작된 fast reading 이후 폭발하는 정보의 흡입이라는 쾌감 대신, 어느새 난독증이 의심될 정도의 어려움을 겪고 있다. 슬로우 리딩이 이해와 즐거움을 증가시키는 역할까지 한다고하니 기대감을 불러일으키는 부분이다.

The concept appears to have originated in the study of philosophy and literature as a technique to more fully comprehend and appreciate a complex text. More recently, there has been increased interest in slow reading as result of the slow movement and its focus on decelerating the pace of modern life.[citation needed]

*comprehend (충분히) 이해하다

*appreciate 1. 진가를 알아보다 2. 고마워하다; 환영하다 3. (제대로) 인식하다

*decelerating 1. (차량의) 속도를 줄이다 2. (무엇의) 속도가 줄어들다; 속도를 줄이다

얼핏 그런 생각도 드는데, 여전히 종이매체가 주는 편안함과 안락함은 나이를 꽤 먹었기 때문일까 아니면 종이가 인간 본연에게 주는 어떤 위로 같은 것이 있는걸까. 하이퍼링크가 주는 서핑의 즐거움은 이제 산만함의 폐해로 돌아오고 있는 때에, '이해'의 깊이에서 나오는 순연한 기쁨은 참 반가운 일이다.

자각 효과일까? slow reading이라는 단어를 오랜만에 다시 접하고 나서 나는 독해의 속도에 대한 모종의 압박에서 해방될 수 있었다. 손에 쥔 책과 아티클을 끝까지 읽으려하기보다는 그냥 눈이가는 것에 멈추어서 들여다보고 생각하고 그렇게 머물러 있는... 목적지가 아직도 멀었지만 풍광에 이끌려 내린 어느 시골역에 이르른 거라고나다할까. 그리고 무엇보다 내 습성과 몸, 마음의 스피드도 그리 빠르진 않기에 나랑 잘 맞는거 같고.

Related terms[edit]

The use of slow reading in literary criticism is sometimes referred to as close reading. Of less common usage is the term, "deep reading".[1] Slow reading is contrasted with speed reading which involves techniques to increase the rate of reading without adversely affecting comprehension, and contrasted with skimming which employs visual page cues to increase reading speed.[citation needed]

Philosophy and literature[edit]

The earliest reference to slow reading appears to be in Nietzsche's preface to the 1887 Daybreak: "It is not for nothing that one has been a philologist, perhaps one is a philologist still, that is to say, a teacher of slow reading."[2][3]

*philologist 문헌학자, 언어학자

Birkerts, in his book The Gutenberg Ellegies, stated "Reading, because we control it, is adaptable to our needs and rhythms. We are free to indulge our subjective associative impulse; the term I coin for this is deep reading: the slow and meditative possession of a book."[1] Birkerts' emphasis on the importance of personal control over the speed of reading is echoed by Pullman, who additionally argued that taking control of the pace of one's reading is a form of personal freedom, and develops an appreciation of democracy.[4] A similar view was stated by Postman, who noted the character of the ordinary citizen of the 19th century, a mind that could listen for hours on end to political orations clearly shaped by a culture favouring text. Postman warns that reading books is important for developing rational thinking and political astuteness.[5]

*astuteness 통찰력이 예리함; 빈틈없음.

Lindsay Waters, Executive Editor for the Humanities at Harvard University Press, declared a worldwide reading crisis resulting from our global push toward productivity. He asserts that young children are learning to read faster, skipping phonetics and diagramming sentences, and concludes that these children will not grow up to read Milton. He foresees the end of graduate English literature programs. "There is something similar between a reading method that focuses primarily on the bottom-line meaning of a story in a novel and the economic emphasis on the bottom line that makes automobile manufacturers speed up assembly lines." He advised re-introducing time into reading: "The mighty imperative is to speed everything up, but there might be some advantage in slowing things down. People are trying slow eating. Why not slow reading?" [6]

*assert 1. (사실임을 강하게) 주장하다 2. (단호하게) 자기주장을 하다

*phonetics 음성학

People are trying slow eating. Why not slow reading?

이 문장을 접하니 늘 무엇인가에 쫓기는 일상, 과제, 일, 관계 등으로부터 자유함을 얻게 되는 묘한 해방감이 느껴진다. 특히 긴급하고 중요하다고 윽박지르는 것이 상례인 조직생활과 대비하여 목가적인 속도가 부드러운 미풍을 담고 나타난 것처럼... '느림'의 속도는 생각보다 장중하고 진정한 효율을 창조하는 걸지도.

몰입과 속도, 빠른 전이, 엄청난 학습량 등 speed-up의 터널을 지나고 나니 남는 건 얇팍한 지식의 잔재들과 난독증, 혼란뿐이다. 이제는 반대로 가볼까. 몰입의 즐거움도 있겠지만, 집중하고 곱씹고 두고두고 보는 느린 시간을 향유할 자유도 있을테니.

인간이기에 인간 속에서 살아갈 수밖에 없지만, 모든 인간관계는 피곤하다.

피곤함을 유발한다.
멀티태스킹은 산만함의 아이들을 낳았다.

Slow movement[edit]

Carl Honoré, an advocate of the slow movement, discusses slow reading in his book In Praise of Slow.[7] He recommeds slow reading as one of several practices to decelerate from the fast pace of modern life.[8] Laura Casey points out that the increasing availability of instant communication technologies, such as texting and social media like Facebook and Twitter, may be contributing to the decline of slow reading.[9]

In 2008, novelist I. Alexander Olchowski founded the Slow Book Movement to advocate for reading practices related to the slow movement, including reading light material at a relaxed pace for pleasure, reading complex materials slowly for insight, reading materials of local interest and by local authors, and community building around local libraries and reading events.

Research[edit]

While there is substantial research about involuntary slow reading, which can arise from a lack of fluency and is a predictor of dyslexia,[10] there are a few studies which demonstrate the positive value of voluntary slow reading.

*substantial

슬로우 리딩의 해악도 있을까?

패스트리딩의 장점과 태동과 연관이 있겠지만... 결국 둘다 필요한 것이겠지? 또 밸런스 영역인가

Nell (1988) showed that there is substantial rate variability during natural reading, with most-liked pages being read significantly slower.[11] Sherry Jr. and Schouten (2002) suggested that close reading could have commercial application as a research method for the use of poetry in marketing.[12] Advocates of speed-reading point out that subvocalization slows the speed of reading,[13] but studies by Carver found no other observable negative effect on the reading process, and observed that the slower pace seemed to improve comprehension.[14]