@article{ART002712050},
author={Hae Ran Cho},
title={New Male Protagonist in the 19th Century Korean Novels Written in Chinese Characters},
journal={탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities},
issn={2092-6081},
year={2021},
volume={14},
number={1},
pages={167-196},
doi={10.22901/trans.2021.14.1.167}
TY - JOUR
AU - Hae Ran Cho
TI - New Male Protagonist in the 19th Century Korean Novels Written in Chinese Characters
JO - 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities
PY - 2021
VL - 14
IS - 1
PB - Ewha Institute for the Humanities: EIH
SP - 167
EP - 196
SN - 2092-6081
AB - The male protagonists in Korean classic novels both written in Korean and Written in Chinese characters were usually heroes, noble men, or men of literary talent, all of who were patriarchs measuring up to the Confucian standards. Hwanmonggwagi belongs to the genre of dream journey stories and Jongsaengjeon belongs to the genre of fictional biography. As these genres are written in Chinese letters and feature male intellectuals.
The protagonist of Hwanmonggwagi is a jobless widower who calls himself a drunkard. The protagonist of Jongsaengjeon is a poor and incompetent 40-year-old bachelor. In the 19th Century Korean Novels written in Chinese characters, these kinds of worthless male protagonists are visualized. This seems to be related to the realities of the collapsed yangban men without prospects at that time. These two novels were written by humbled yangban men who lived in Chungcheong and Gyeongsang provinces respectively. Although the literary achievements of these novels are not high, they are significant in the sense that negative or insignificant male characters appear as the protagonists. In the narrative literature of the 19th century Korea, worthless male protagonists were visualized while female characters were presented as being independent and having problem-solving capabilities. This change in character types reflect the realities of the time.
KW - 19th Century;Korean Classic Novels;Male Protagonist;Hwanmonggwagi(『환몽과기』);Jongsaengjeon(『종생전』)
DO - 10.22901/trans.2021.14.1.167
ER -
Hae Ran Cho. (2021). New Male Protagonist in the 19th Century Korean Novels Written in Chinese Characters. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, 14(1), 167-196.
Hae Ran Cho. 2021, "New Male Protagonist in the 19th Century Korean Novels Written in Chinese Characters", 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, vol.14, no.1 pp.167-196. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2021.14.1.167
Hae Ran Cho "New Male Protagonist in the 19th Century Korean Novels Written in Chinese Characters" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 14.1 pp.167-196 (2021) : 167.
Hae Ran Cho. New Male Protagonist in the 19th Century Korean Novels Written in Chinese Characters. 2021; 14(1), 167-196. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2021.14.1.167
Hae Ran Cho. "New Male Protagonist in the 19th Century Korean Novels Written in Chinese Characters" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 14, no.1 (2021) : 167-196.doi: 10.22901/trans.2021.14.1.167
Hae Ran Cho. New Male Protagonist in the 19th Century Korean Novels Written in Chinese Characters. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, 14(1), 167-196. doi: 10.22901/trans.2021.14.1.167
Hae Ran Cho. New Male Protagonist in the 19th Century Korean Novels Written in Chinese Characters. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities. 2021; 14(1) 167-196. doi: 10.22901/trans.2021.14.1.167
Hae Ran Cho. New Male Protagonist in the 19th Century Korean Novels Written in Chinese Characters. 2021; 14(1), 167-196. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2021.14.1.167
Hae Ran Cho. "New Male Protagonist in the 19th Century Korean Novels Written in Chinese Characters" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 14, no.1 (2021) : 167-196.doi: 10.22901/trans.2021.14.1.167
