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A Study on the Structural Differentiation between Vogue and Artistic Completion in Pansori during the Joseon Dynasty: Focused on the Seoul–Gyeonggi and Jeolla Regions

  • Cross-Cultural Studies
  • 2026, 77(), pp.87~135
  • Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Literature
  • Received : January 6, 2026
  • Accepted : February 9, 2026
  • Published : February 28, 2026

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1호원대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study reexamines the regional development of pansori during the Joseon dynasty by moving beyond conventional narratives centered on origins or orthodoxy. Instead, it interprets pansori within a framework of functional differentiation, asking how the genre operated within society to secure its conditions of existence and establish its artistic status. Drawing upon late-Joseon literary records and major scholarship in Korean music studies, this paper structurally repositions the roles of three regions Seoul–Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, and Jeolla in the historical formation and transformation of pansori. The findings demonstrate that pansori did not emerge and reach completion within a single region. Rather, it developed as a complex cultural phenomenon in which different functions were differentiated and enacted across distinct spaces. The Seoul–Gyeonggi region functioned as a “space of vogue,” where pansori gained social visibility and discursive recognition through repeated consumption and documentation. In contrast, the Jeolla region became a “space of artistic completion,” where narrative expansion, rhythmic systematization, and refined vocal ornamentation were consolidated within professional performance communities. Meanwhile, Chungcheong operated as a “space of mediation,” facilitating transmission, transition, and continuity between these domains. Through this tripartite framework of vogue–mediation–completion, the study reconstructs the history of pansori not as a linear developmental trajectory but as a structure in which differentiated functional spheres operated in parallel. This perspective offers a new theoretical model for understanding how pansori circulated, adapted, and achieved aesthetic consolidation within broader socio-historical conditions.

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