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The Critical Mind and the Limits of Drama <the Man of Princess(공주의 남자)> through the <Kwangmye's Princess(光廟有一公主)> in 『Kum-Kye pil-dam(錦溪筆談)』

  • The Research of the Korean Classic
  • 2013, (27), pp.177-222
  • Publisher : The Research Of The Korean Classic
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature > Korean Literature > Korean classic prose

Mi-Jeong Kang 1

1건국대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

<Kwangmye's Princess> in 『Kum-Kye pil-dam』 is anecdote with a conflict and collapse between King Sejo and King Sejo's daughter. The contents of <Kwangmye's Princess> has began to make a mark when it came into use as the original of the drama <the Man of Princess> in 2011. The phenomena of increasing interest about the historical context or original work of reproducing our classic work for a modern, like these, is very positive. But, this positive interest or phenomena is need to be comparative analysis of the critical mind between the original work and it's reproduction for more firmness and durability. That's the point of recognizing the work which is based on the classic in relationship to the descriptive properties of the work. In this article, I searched the critical mind and the descriptive properties of <Kwangmye's Princess> in 『Kum-Kye pil-dam』, and suggested how to use it in drama <the Man of Princess>. First of all, I suggested that the main contents of <Kwangmye's Princess> is the type of 'living one’s own fortune' because that the daughter has independence from her father by claiming father's irrationality. At the same time, the father's self-reflection and daughter's forgiveness unfolding in a very natural way in the type of 'living one’s own fortune' is the reanalysis point in <Kwangmye's Princess>. Most of the father who have been forgiven by his daughter under the her catholicity, in the type of 'living one’s own fortune', is naturally led to deep self-reflection about his past mistakes. But, In the <Kwangmye's Princess>, 세조 recommend princess to return the palace saying that what he committed was historical cycle and it was out of his control. About the father, the princess selected the separation with father never left any her feelings. In this point, <Kwangmye's Princess> show us to the message which the dramatic reconciliation between father and daughter need to be father's deep self-reflection, and to long for actualizing justice carried out by the mouth of daughter. And drama <the Man of Princess> seems to make the critical point of <Kwangmye's Princess> reality through the appearance of princess Sereong who makes question and is alert the father's political ambition becoming King Sejo from Sir Suyang Daegun like <Kwangmye's Princess>. But, which is opposed sharply earlier, antagonism between father and daughter is diluted. Because, as the drama continues, the main contents moves into affecting love between Kimseungyo who stands at the opposite of Sir Suyang Daegun and Sereong. As the result, <the Man of Princess> is different <Kwangmye's Princess> in the view of context and the critical point of the work is changed incorrectly. Thus, <the Man of Princess> and <Kwangmye's Princess> had similar start point, but <the Man of Princess> has finished with different and resigned end that she never overcome her father who has vested interest. Because the daughter's voice saying the father's irrationality acerbically in <Kwangmye's Princess> is disappeared. As the result, <the Man of Princess> became the limit and had some distance with <Kwangmye's Princess> which has a critical point - I can not return and admit the father's unfair world-strongly.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.