2007, Vol.0, No.16

The Research of the Korean Classic 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.9

pISSN : 1226-3850
https://journal.kci.go.kr/kcl1994

The Necessity for English Translation of Classical Korean Narrative Literature and Plans for Its Implementation Jeung, Sun-Hee The present paper asserts that classical Korean narrative literature needs to be translated into English to help English-speaking readers understand Korean values and recognize the fine quality and originality of Korean literature. The paper also emphasizes that the translation project can be performed most efficiently when scholars of classical Korean literature take a leading role. The translation project is meaningful because it will help foreign readers who do not have much knowledge on Korean academic achievements or its culture to understand the custom, etiquette and values of the country. In addition, translated literary works will give them an opportunity to share feelings Koreans in the past felt toward love, family, life's paths, poverty, greed, bravado, wars and the like--that is, feelings universal to human beings--by the medium of stories. In this sense, more works of classical Korean narrative literature should be translated, and systematic plans are needed to accomplish this task. Finally, a prerequisite for an accurate and adequate translation is in-depth knowledge on classical Korean narrative literature: its original expressions, descriptions, themes, questions, implications of or meanings symbolized by names of people or places, and phrases with authentic precedents.

Aspects and Meaning-system of ‘Metamorphosis’ in Korean Mythology Oh, Se-Jeong This thesis is to research aspects and meaning-system of ‘metamorphosis’ in Korean mythology. The various metamorphoses in Korean myths that have foundation myths, shaman myths and creation myths can be classified roughly into three types; metamorphoses of not-human being toward human being, metamorphoses of not-divinity toward the divinity and metamorphoses of human or divinity toward the natural object as animals and plants. Each types also have sub-types. These metamorphoses in myths show the system and law of thought problems in reference to the natural which cannot be expressed within rationalization and through the ordinary signs but men believe firmly in actually, such as Gods, the creator, a spirit, the origin of earth, the first king, the identity and relationship of the beings, etc. And above all, the metamorphoses explain to us how three different beings established relations between each other. Through the metamorphoses we can find the possibility to get the message and comprehend the signification of the myths.

The Female Voice and its Meaning Brought out in Pyungsijo of Chungguyoungen Nam, Jeong-Hee This study is aimed for examining a specific feature of female voice brought out in Pyungsijo in the late of Chosun. The research focused on the analyzing the Sijo in ꡔChungguyoungenꡕthat is the most important poetic text in the 18th century. In this paper, the female speakers appeared in works are divided into a speaker-oriented female voice and a listener-oriented female voice. A speaker-oriented female voice expressed own feeling inherent in self, at this time, a speaker talked to herself. On the other hand, a listener-oriented female voice expressed different sentiment. The speaker who had that voice looked to the outside world rather than the inner world and didn't fully express feminine sentiment and mood. The female voice in Pyungsijo of the first half of the 18the century made significant meaning in changed convention of literature and atmosphere of singing. This female voice included individual self and social self as woman. In a male-dominated society of Chosun, normative tradition of lyric had controled writing Sijo. At that time, the speaker who talked in Sijo works by female voice could poured out new social, cultural and emotional meaning onto the Sijo. Through writing the Sijo in which appeared that voice, a poet expanded thematic area of Sijo from simple affection for a man in love poem into variety of human life and mind. And the expansion of theme in creation closed the distance between Sijo text and many real audience who delighted in Sijo song as an amusement in the later times.