2008, Vol.0, No.17

Park Ji-won's travel to China and change of his world view

KIM YOUNG | 2008, 0(17) | pp.5~30 | number of Cited : 6

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This study is purposed to review Park Ji-won's changed world view after his travel to China by examining Yol-Ha Journal(열하일기), a travelogue on China. As it was extraordinarily rare, only a few people could afford to travel abroad at the Chosun dynasty. However, owing to the advent of Yeon-Hang-Sa(연행사), a diplomatic mission dispatched to China, an oversees traveling has been rising in its size and frequency at the late of Chosun dynasty, a transitional period from the Middle age to the Modern in Korea. It was Park Ji-won's idea that the Chosun society would be more retarded without a reformation of public consciousness of the people: Chosun should learn how to adapt herself to a new environment of the world change and import a new culture of the Ching dynasty, as it were, China under development and enlightenment. For this reason, he insisted on a new study of the Ching's advanced culture and science, what is called, "Studies on the North"(북학의). He argued that an immediate adaptation of the Ching's advanced culture would make Chosun enable to reform herself in every aspect. When he traveled to China in 1780, hence, he recorded every single aspect of his entire experience in China. His close attention on the advanced technology and culture of China were fully appertained to his Yol-Ha Journal. It was not only his experience and research on the advanced culture of China that we can find in his book. Along with his interest on material civilization of China, we can also find his concern on the condition of grass people and intellectuals of China. He tried to exchange more ideas with Chinese scholars and pay more attention to the grass people as much as possible. He also bought a lot of books during his voyage. His correspondences and exchanges of opinions with Chinese scholars contributed to his deep understanding on the outside and his realistic formation of the world view.

The travel experience and exotic taste in yeonhang gasa in the 19th century : Focusing on <Seohaengrok> and <Yeonhaengga>

유정선 | 2008, 0(17) | pp.31~60 | number of Cited : 10

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Haecheonchubeom and Hwangueumcho; the travelogues of the Korean Mission to the Russian Emperor's Coronation Ceremony in 1896

홍학희 | 2008, 0(17) | pp.61~90 | number of Cited : 12

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Dispositif of culture by Exoticism in the Enlightenment Era of Korea- on the Case of Choi, Chan-Sik's fictions

KWAGSEUNGMI | 2008, 0(17) | pp.91~120 | number of Cited : 5

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Study on the Topic of going abroad appeared in the literature in late Chosun Dynasty

Jongkun Kim | 2008, 0(17) | pp.121~150 | number of Cited : 6

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The purpose of this paper is to study the pattern of going abroad as a new topic appeared in the literature in late Chosun Dinasty. One pattern is that bachelors who prepared to be a civil servant become the leader of thieves and show off their resourcefulness. The other one is that bachelors who have difficulties in being successful in the society go to an island abroad and build an ideal world. It must be presumable that those two patterns were revealed in the lifestyles of bachelors who were not accepted to the main society. These kinds of topics are set up in a various way to associate one another in an unofficial historical story and old novel late 18th century. Especially for topic of going abroad, there can't be seen in the previous story, and it's necessary to pay attention on this phenomenon this topic is closely inserted to couple of stories. This topic going abroad is concretely found in <Haejungseosaeng(해중서생)> in 『Haedongijeok Bo(해동이적 보)』and old novel <HusaengJeon(허생전)>, <HonggildongJeon(홍길동전)>. Two old novels conclude the meaning of pioneer abroad. These two topics are cited selectively in the same story structure, and they are combined and inserted into the story. So the variation pattern and author's mind are read in this era. It's possible to presume when the unofficial history was created, and existed <HonggildongJeon(홍길동전)> was formed after 19th century. Furthermore <HonggildongJeon(홍길동전)> was affected by <HusaengJeon(허생전)> in aspect of founding Yooldo Gook(율도국). Finally, topic of going abroad is originated from the criticism of policy picking up the civil servants. Passive and Hidden bachelors who complained the social system overcome the unreality and changed into active and optimistic. Therefore going abroad topic is the shape of surfacing the criticism and the spirit of leaving is the first step of modern consciousness.

China, a Foreign Country Described in <Oksugi>

탁원정 | 2008, 0(17) | pp.151~188 | number of Cited : 13

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Radical Imagination of Gender in Chosun Dynasty in Banghannimjeon

Kyungmi Kim | 2008, 0(17) | pp.189~216 | number of Cited : 37

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The Effect of Showing Methodology in Sohyunseonglok

Hae Ran Cho | 2008, 0(17) | pp.217~264 | number of Cited : 23

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Woman, Womanliness showed in Modern Magazine <Sinnyeosoeng>

kang soyoung | 2008, 0(17) | pp.265~292 | number of Cited : 2

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A Study on the Fantasy in the Historical Others

Ryu Jeong Wol | 2008, 0(17) | pp.293~318 | number of Cited : 2

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The Accepting Aspects of the <Sohyeonseongrok> Series and The Narrative Perspective in The Series of <Hyeonmongssangryonggi>

허순우 | 2008, 0(17) | pp.319~354 | number of Cited : 27

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They who study the Korean full-length novels recognize some of the novels are connected each others but the exact informations in terms of both which ones are influenced others and how the past-readers felt after reading the Korean full-length novels at that time are very restricted. And therefore it's a very meaningful study that compiling and studying the exact informations through the related novels. The series of <Hyeonmongssangryonggi> show how the series are accepting and changing the characters, backgrounds, events of the <Sohyeonseongrok> series. But in the series of <Hyeonmongssangryonggi>, but we can't find the direct mentions about <Sohyeonseongrok>. These ways of creation maybe reminded the past-readers of the former stories that they had read and helped them to compare through the related novels. So finally we can say that these ways of creation are a part of the novel critics, because the writers of these kind novels tried to show their feeling about the novels they had read. The writer of the series of <Hyeonmongssangryonggi> seems to try to expand the narration of <Hyeonmongssangryonggi> series with the character of So-empress taken from the series of <Sohyeonseongrok>. And The writer of the series of <Hyeonmongssangryonggi> seems to take over the meaning of the place Jaun-mountain(紫雲山), which represents the So family, and try to overcome that the So family's exclusion of the other family. The accepting and changing portions are representing the narrative perspective of the series of <Hyeonmongssangryonggi>. At first, the writer of <Hyeonmongssangryonggi> series is trying to accept some contents in the series of <Sohyeonseongrok>, and then, trying to improve some range of probability in the series of <Hyeonmongssangryonggi> In other words, the writer of <Hyeonmongssangryonggi> series seems to consider both aspects, some lessons and some amusing entertainments.

The crack in the space of Suk-Su-Nyeom and Hong, Gil-Ju's idea

Ha Ji Young | 2008, 0(17) | pp.355~382 | number of Cited : 5

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The crack in the space of Suk-Su-Nyeom and Hong, Gil-Ju's idea The space of Suk-Su-Nyeom, which is designed by Hong, Gil-Ju, is not arranged systemically. Basically, adhesion to the reality is very fluid according to the individual space. The concepts, so called "crack", "space", "shadow", which separate heterogeneous space are frequently appeared in Hong’s thinking. These concepts, which are originally worked out by Hong, play an important role as the operating principle of the whole space of Suk-Su-Nyeom. While our daily life space is reflecting a fool’s desire, in a fantasy, a norm is totally dismantled. In addition, Hong’s thinking is figured as symbolic figures, and extended within that fantastic space. The most important factor that speculates the characteristic of Suk-Su-Nyeom is coexistence of disparate spaces such as between daily life and the counterpart concept, unusual life or between reality and fantasy. These totally different spaces not only exist together within one world called Suk-Su-Nyeom, but also respectively have its own borderline called crack. Even though Hong did not clearly stated, "crack" existed, crossing the space of Suk-Su-Nyeom, and being constantly reproduced itself. Hong’s idea revealed through this concept that "crack" is closely related to the characteristic of ideas in the world of Suk-Su-Nyeom. Hong, who has recognized the concept of "crack", which has never been discovered by other ordinary people, does not try to draw a borderline between the reality and the fiction clearly. In addition, he suggests there’s a possibility that a fiction could become a reality. Hong’s new concept, "crack" and his emphasis on reality and fiction cracks the ideology solidified during the 19th century. Moreover, this kind of thought proceeds toward the new outlook on the world.

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