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The Multi-layered Intertext Narrative Construction of Yuhyogong seonhaengnok and Reading Process

  • The Research of the Korean Classic
  • 2015, (31), pp.211-245
  • Publisher : The Research Of The Korean Classic
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature > Korean Literature > Korean classic prose

Kim Moon Hee 1

1경기대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the distinctive features of the multi-layered intertext narrative construction of Yuhyogongseonhaengnok from intertextual perspectives and explore their effect upon the reading process. The precedent texts of Yuhyogongseonhaengnok are The Narratives of Usun and The History of Myeonghyojong. The main story of Yuhyogongseonhaengnok, Yuyeon's narrative constructs the story of Yuyeon's filial piety and friendship based on Usun's story of filial piety and friendship in The Narratives of Usun. The sub-story of Yuhyogongseonhaengnok, the Prince's narrative constructs the Prince's story of a wise king based on Usun's story of a wise king in The Narratives of Usun and King Hyojong's story of a wise king depicted in The History of Myeonghyojong. In this regard, Yuyeon's narrative as a story of filial piety and friendship and the Prince's narrative as a story of a wise king are an integration of precedent texts in a complementary relation. Reproducing Usun's and Myeonhyojong's comparable narratives, the Prince's narrative as a story of a wise king makes Yuhyogongseonhaengnok a multi-layer intertext. This multi-layer intertext narrative construction of Yuhyogongseonhaengnok takes certain effects upon the reading process. In the first place, readers of Yuhyogongseonhaengnok have their intellectual communication activated with the text. They look for reciprocated elements in the precedent and the subsequent texts, during which process the readers are engaged in intellectual reading activities. In the second reading process, readers train their self-awareness by adopting the ethical values of the time as their faith. In the third reading process of Yuhyogongseonhaengnok, readers take a double-sided attitude of empathy and criticism towards the sense of filial piety and friendship and the concept of a wise king.

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