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Leisure life depicted in Korean classical novels and its meaning-focused on play

Jeung Sun Hee 1

1홍익대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper examines play, which is one of the leisure activities that characters in classical novels do. Leisure activities are classified into play and hobbies. Play includes baduk, tuho, boating, sightseeing, a kind of polo, and so on. Various leisure activities described in classical novels seem to work as a means to express suppressed emotions and abilities. Leisure activities also show different preferences according to class and gender. Women of the upper class share various information and emotions, and communicate with male family members during playtime. Men of the upper class express personalities and abilities, and compete with each other through play. Play of common people is not often depicted in novels, and play at a party or play of prodigals are usually mentioned. Through these examinations we could learn about ancestors' living culture and emotions in detail, and these will be humanistic resources arousing sympathy and consoling modern people.

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