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A Study on Double-sidedness of the Duman River - Focussed on the Duman River Legend of Chosunjok -

  • Korean Language & Literature
  • 2011, (76), pp.175-204
  • Publisher : Korean Language & Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Lim,Chul-Ho 1

1전주대학교

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ABSTRACT

The Duman River appears to have two facets in the folk tales of Chosunjok: one is the river of life and paradise and the other death and separation. The reason why the character of the Duman river changes is that the reality of Chosunjok changes according to the flow of time. At the time Chosunjok moved and settled down around the river, the Duman river was a paradise to them. Because they were not under the despotism and exploitation of Joseon Dynasty, they had no other choice but to think of the life around the Duman river as the life in the paradise. It is the river of life because the ancestors of Manchues and heros of Chosunjok were born in the river. As the founder of Manchuria and the heros of Chosunjok were born in the same river, Manchues and Josunjok were brothers. The reality of Chosunjok who had no other choice but to live together with Manchues was mirrored in this view. On the contrary, the Duman river appears as a river of death and separation in its legends. The history and reality of Chosunjok who had no other choice but to live in a foreign country were mirrored in this view. After the Chinese administrators ruled and the Chinese guarded the river, the territory around the Duman River ceased to be a paradise. Chosunjok had to leave their family on the other side of the river and cross the dangerous river to make a living and some had to commit suicides in the river to finish the hard lives. That is the reason why the Duman river is recognized as a river of separation and death. The reason why the Duman River has a double-sidedness is that the reality of Chosunjok has changed from a state of the masters of the land, even though the land is other country's territory, to a state of the slaves under the Chinese rule.

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