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A Study on the Variation of the False Hero

  • The Research of the Korean Classic
  • 2012, (25), pp.175-204
  • Publisher : The Research Of The Korean Classic
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature > Korean Literature > Korean classic prose

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1원광대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the role of the false hero in the Korean narratives including folktales and classic novels. In the folktales, the false hero deceives the hero out of honor which is to rescue the princess out of the cave. As the result of the deception, the return of the hero is delayed and the story has to get a second start. But in the novel like Shimchung-jeon, the false hero makes the hero a laughable man. In the Chunhyang-jeon, the false hero has the function of the opponent. So the hero has to rescue his lover who was sent to jail. His quest is the same as the hero of the folktale. The return of Odysseus, the story scenes are very similar to those of Chunhyang-jeon. It looks exactly the same story in different cultures is the universality of the human mind.

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