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A Study on the anonymity of Korean classic novel writer and literary respondence of consumers

Kim Jin Young 1

1충남대학교

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This thesis studied about the anonymity of Korean classic novel writer and literary respondence of consumers. The cause of anonymity is looked shortly, and its actual condition is examined. Based on this, literary respondence due to anonymity is examined. In conclusion, it is as in the following. First, a cause of anonymity is studied. There are few eminent author’s work in Korean. Because majority of the works were distributed by an anonymous author. The reason for this can be found in caste system and the neo­Confucian. First, fallen aristocrats played an active part as a writer. However, the fact that the aristocrats wrote novels could not be revealed. Likewise, lower class were also unable to reveal the fact that they wrote a social criticism novel. Due to neo­Confucian, novels were treated as a menial thing so there were many an anonymous authors. On the aspect of history and morality, novels were target of eradication. Secondly, real condition of anonymity is studied. Most of the Korean novels were distributed by anonymous writers. These anonymous writings were first embodied by the intellectual class. Such writers are as in the following. To begin with, there are highbrow of a lower writers class and illiterate class. The highbrow took charge of recording tales. The illiterate class played a part in refining literature of oral tradition into documentary literature. Nextly, there are the two types of aristocrats, proletariat and bourgeoisie. The proletariat were a fallen man, professional writer for a living. The bourgeoisie worked as a writer for promoting literature desire. Third, a literary response of anonymity is studied. Only works without writer were distributed, so Korean novel had no copyright. So the consumers treated Korean novel as not as an individual work but as a cooperated works. Furthermore, a consumer could adapt a novel following one’s taste. People adapted a novel following the ideology of the community. The novel can be used as a tool for enhancing ideology of the community. Throughout the Joseon Dynasty, the neo­Confucian was forced to everyone, so that was a main subject of the novels. On the other hand, there was also a democratic awareness against the vested interests in the novels. The lower class embodied the novel while sharing the ideology.

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