2017, Vol., No.39

Expression and punishment of female desire in Korean chinese poetry

Lee, Taek-dong | 2017, (39) | pp.5~28 | number of Cited : 0

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The Chinese scriptures say: When you run away, you become a concubine. And there is the following saying. It is not forbidden to run away. The words should be interpreted as follows. If you act lascivious, you become a concubine. It is not prohibited to act lasciviously. The preceding sentence is a statement that requires women to keep their fidelity. The following sentence implies that women are allowed to deviate from their sexuality: the previous sentence contains content that represses women's sexual desires, and the latter contains content that permits women's sexual desire. Therefore, the preceding sentences contain content faithful to the medieval norms, and the latter ones contain content that deviates from the medieval norms. Confucians interpreted the sentence differently. The date of the wedding has been already set. But if the emperor calls me, she would be a concubine. Sometimes the interpretation is as follows. The date of the wedding has been already set. But if I am called to the war, she would be as concubine. If a famine happens, she would be as concubine. All of the above interpretations are false. So why did the Confucians interpret it wrong? The Confucians tried not to approve women's sexual desires. These circumstances show a morally solemn society. This phenomenon of misinterpretation is to be explained by Confucian scholars’s hope to maintain their society as a morally docile one. Women who lived in these societies had to suppress their sexual desire. The women who spurred sexual desire were morally condemned. Such a society can not be said to be a healthy one. On the other hand, in exceptional time and space, there were Confucian scholars who approved female sexual desires. But that number was not much. Therefore, the medieval society of East Asia, as far as sexual desire of women was concerned, was bleak.

The aspect of ‘Secularity’ in SaSeolSiJo and the meaning

Yi Su Gon | 2017, (39) | pp.29~50 | number of Cited : 1

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A Study on the Relationship between the Sacred and Profane and its Meaning in <Heungbu-Jeon>

shin, horim | 2017, (39) | pp.51~85 | number of Cited : 6

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The Aspects and Meanings of Vulgar Descriptions Found in 『Yangeuncheonmi』－Focusing on the cases of <Kimyeongrangyongjigagwimun> and <Bonghwangdaehoegeumgangchunwol>－

Kwon, Ki-sung | 2017, (39) | pp.87~123 | number of Cited : 1

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This study examines the aspects and meanings of vulgar descriptions found in 『Yangeuncheonmi』. The early 20-century collections of historical tales mostly tended to follow the practice of old tales of the previous time, but 『Yangeuncheonmi』 did not accept the descriptions of ‘Dansunjeonjae’ though it is a collection of historical tales produced in the early 20th century. The purpose of this study is to investigate the stories of <Kimyeongrangyongjigagwimun> and <Bonghwangdaehoegeumgangchunwol> contained in 『Yangeuncheonmi』 and trace how it is different from the collections of historical tales of the previous time while seeking how it is associated with other literary works of the time. <Kimyeongrangyongjigagwimun> has the story of <Josaeng-Dowootan's Daughter> found in 『Swaeeo』, 『Seoneonpyeon』, or 『Seongsuchonghwa』 as its main gist but richens the narrative even further by using the motif found in the story of <Imanwon> contained in 『Gimunchonghwa』. 『Yangeuncheonmi』’s compiler stressed women’s wisdom through <Kim- yeongrangyongjigagwimun>, suggested the atmosphere of the time pursuing free love indirectly. But this tendency is similarly found in 『Wonangdo』 which Lee Haejo wrote in 『Jeguksinmun』 serially, too. <Bonghwangdaehoegeumgangchunwol> is similar to <Sojihyeonnasam- jaehap> contained in 『Gyeongsetongeon』, one of the novels from Ming, and it is also similar to the translated works of it like <Wolbonggi> or <Gangreungchuwoljeon>. In <Bonghwangdaehoegeumgangchunwol>, however, the main characters’ heroic aspects existing in previous works were gotten rid of, and the stories of union between a man and a woman reduced much while the parts about family separation increased greatly. And it embodied the stories of family harborage which was common in the background of the time full of heated competition between powers through <Bonghwangdaehoegeumgangchunwol>. These two works may not be evaluated to have placed the modern world to the foreground. Yet, 『Yangeuncheonmi』’s compiler paid attention to the trends of literature and changes of the time while compiling the collection of historical tales grounded on the modes of vulgar literature familiar to the public. To wit, 『Yangeuncheonmi』 supported the way that was different from the way that other collections of historical tales based on old tales adopted, so its unique status is recognized as a collection of historical tales transcribed in the early 20th century.

Motherhood and Sisterhood: the Issue on Intimacy in Modern Adaptations of Janghwa and Hongryeon-jeon

Roh Jiseung | 2017, (39) | pp.125~170 | number of Cited : 5

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A Study on three text in <Odaeeobuga>(9 Sijo) －a probability of desorption type Yeonsijo through unity, closure, structure, and subject in each text－

Yang, Hee-Cheol | 2017, (39) | pp.171~202 | number of Cited : 0

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Study on the tradition process and theme of the Samogok(思母曲)

JUNG, Kisun | 2017, (39) | pp.203~228 | number of Cited : 1

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Heonanseolheon’s Consciousness through her Chinese Poems

YUN INHYUN | 2017, (39) | pp.229~270 | number of Cited : 2

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Cultural meaning of the Anthology of Chinese short stories 『Shanbu Wenyuanzhaju(刪補文苑楂橘)』 published by the Chosŏn Dynasty

Kim, Sooyoun | 2017, (39) | pp.271~298 | number of Cited : 2

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『Shanbu Wenyuanzhaju(刪補文苑楂橘)』 is the anthology of Chinese short stories by the Chosŏn Dynasty. This book can not be confirm in China at present, and Korean manuscripts and printed books are held in Korea and Japanese. The title of this book is ‘Shanbu Wenyuanzhaju’ (Shanbu means supplements and deletes it), but it is not confirmed the book Wenyuanzhaju. Perhaps it seems that all the novels in Chinese are called works Wenyuanzhaju. This book was published in national publishing house of Chosŏn, The highest ranking official was the chief of this work. King Yŏngjo also wrote poetry and criticized the book and praised it. This means that Chinese novels have a different status than ordinary Chosŏn novel in the late Chosŏn. 『Shanbu Wenyuanzhaju』 contains novels from Tang dynasty to Ming dynasty, which is called ‘Yanqinglei(言情類, depicting people’s relations and desires)’ novels. Yanqinglei is novels reflecting Chinese society. Yanqinglei novels are popular in the Chinese publishing market in late Ming and early Qing dynasty. Senior officials and royal people are exposed to these books through Yanxing(燕行, diplomats to China) in Chosŏn. Chosŏn people considered Chinese novels as a way to introduce new culture. Chosŏn people used 『Shanbu Wenyuanzhaju』 as a resource for history. This indicates that Chosŏn intellectuals regarded Yanqinglei novels as information and knowledge of Chinese culture. This is because Yanqinglei novel have a history complementary nature(補史性). In other words, Yanqinglei writers write novels in the attitude of historian. So people regard Yanqinglei novels as literary knowledge similar to history books. As a result, Chosŏn bureaucrats Chines Yanqinglei novels as literary knowledge. 『Shanbu Wenyuanzhaju』 is a work that shows the status of Chinese novel as a cultural knowledge.

A study on the comparison between korean classical novel and the TV drama focusing on the structure of duality

Song, Sung-uk | 2017, (39) | pp.299~327 | number of Cited : 8

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A Comparative study of Gihaeilgi and Seongnyeongwangik

Kim Jeong-kyoung | 2017, (39) | pp.329~365 | number of Cited : 4

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