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The Characteristics and Significance of the ‘Chang’ in Yeogyuhyeong’s Chunhyangjeon

  • The Research of the Korean Classic
  • 2025, (71), pp.247~278
  • Publisher : The Research Of The Korean Classic
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature > Korean Literature > Korean classic prose
  • Received : September 28, 2025
  • Accepted : November 20, 2025
  • Published : November 30, 2025

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to shed light on the significance of the Chang(唱) in Yeogyuhyeong’s Chunhyangjeon, which has not received much scholarly attention until now. Yeogyuhyeong in particular adapted the songs, which occupy an important place in pansori, into the form of classical Chinese verse and marked them with the label “chang.” In the twelve-chapter Chunhyangjeon, thirty-one instances of chang appear, and Yeo inserted them with deliberate awareness of adaptation, carefully distributing them across the chapters. Functionally, these chang convey emotions, provide narrative information, or substitute for dialogue within the story. Formally, Yeo used various poetic forms to create dramatic effects. In Yeogyuhyeong’s Chunhyangjeon, the chang serve as one of the major components of the work, alongside the narrator’s narration and characters’ dialogue, and—being all in the form of classical Chinese verse—are well-suited to realizing the rhythmic style characteristic of pansori-based fiction. Through these chang, the work may be regarded as a new reading experience that embodies both the qualities of pansori and of hansi. Considering that, even in the twentieth century, a considerable number of readers were still capable of appreciating classical Chinese verse, this work can be understood as a meaningful cultural experiment that expanded culture through the hybridization of the popular pansori genre.

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