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Recomposing Classical Narratives in the Original Korean Musical “Hongryeon”: “Janghwa Hongryeonjeon”, “Baridegi”, and “Chasa Bonpuri”

  • International Journal of Glocal Language and Literary Studies(약칭: IGLL)
  • Abbr : IGLL
  • 2026, 22(22), pp.146~158
  • Publisher : Glocal Institute of Language and Literary Studies(GILLS)
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : March 20, 2026
  • Accepted : April 20, 2026
  • Published : April 30, 2026

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ABSTRACT

This study examines how the original Korean musical “Hongryeon” recomposes the traditional narratives of “Janghwa Hongryeonjeon”, “Baridegi”, and “Chasa Bonpuri”, and explores the narrative and cultural implications of this recomposition. The musical is distinctive in that it integrates the grievance narrative of unjust death with narratives of underworld journey and healing. The study first reviews the reception history and modern transformations of these source narratives, showing that their accumulated cultural reception provides the basis for “Hongryeon”’s complex intertextual structure. It then analyzes the musical’s recompositional strategies from three perspectives: the transformation of grievance into emotional resolution, the activation of audience memory through narration and fragmentary affective cues, and the integration of heterogeneous narrative elements within the posthumous space of Cheondojeong. The study argues that “Hongryeon” does more than borrow traditional motifs; it creates a new narrative structure through cultural memory and intertextual fusion, thereby demonstrating the contemporary potential of classical narrative recomposition.

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