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The Development Status of the Cultural Contents of the Traditional Stories of Hero

  • The Research of the Korean Classic
  • 2009, 0(19), pp.151-180
  • Publisher : The Research Of The Korean Classic
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature > Korean Literature > Korean classic prose

Oh, Se-jeong 1

1한양대학교

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ABSTRACT

Today, the importance of stories and storytelling is increasing day by day. It is a matter of common knowledge that in the area of cultural contents the stories are very important. Stories themselves that are the cultural contents and the form and the source to be used in the development of cultural contents. The cultural contents of the story as the stories of hero are the most actively being used. From the myth as the beginning of story to the movies, comics, animation, games, and various contents of modern culture, we could meet many heroes. At first, the hero was a hero in every story. Once in the trend of the development of democracy and the development of rational thinking, people did not want heroes. But in an era of crisis and conflict, surely the hero has emerged and always people have been waiting for the hero save themselves. The hero of the stories show the common pattern; birth, growth, conflict, success. And the stories have the structure of adventure and quest. That is a universal desire and the result of the mythic-archetypal imagination of the people. Heroes can travel the two different worlds and overcome the laws of the each worlds. The marked feature of the heroes, the ambivalent character is the driving force to change the world and to create a culture. People have the chance to enter the new and energetic world from the old and dead world by the heroes. Heroes are not just main character in stories, but cultural hero in today's digital age.

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