The first step for improving the education of traditional elements of Korean literature begins with re-conceptualization of “tradtion”. This term can be confusing, as it includes a concept that refers to “something” in which we have long lived and a concept based on a philosophical background that proves tradition’s potential for change. When we harmonize the two concepts and re-conceptualize “tradition”, “culture” can be the focal point. According to the cultural literacy, culture is emphasized by the form of the vertical(historical)-horizontal(contemporary) aspects and its practicality. Then the re-conceptualized term “traditonal-cultural elements” also reflect those aspects and do the role of literary-centrifugal point of lower things. And We can find the possibility of the term by the concept “literary communication”. Some literary values can be always reorganized by that communication, and the communication is operated by factors of literary qualities. “Heung(興)” as a mental effects, is also operated by those literary factors such as literary sense and the language expression which raise forming of literary emotions, and the text(work) which can deliver emotions. When we can give shape to the concept and the principle of the term above, there would be the improvement of Korean literature education which deals tradtional things.