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GASA(歌辭) is a genre in which various artists participated because they can contain many narratives in terms of formality. As various writers participated, the Gasas contain stories of various themes. As many female readers were created in the late Joseon Dynasty, many works dealing with women's stories appeared. As the title suggests, the main character in the old maid's song has a serious disability for an elderly maid who is quite old. In feudal society, where Confucian ideas were firm, there were times when it was unimaginable for women to do something on their own. You can see what a great cry the old maid's voice began here. This is because the past is an important stepping stone to draw the developed image of the present and the future. This article read the appearance and situation of the old maid in the work for the Samseol Basic <Nocheonyeoga> and examined what disability meant for the old maid in a time when there were many Confucian restrictions. At that time, the social atmosphere was that those who did not get married could not be treated as full adults in the community, and only those who got married were recognized as members of society. In an era when marriage through free meeting was impossible, women who could not get married late due to physical disabilities or poor economic conditions were helplessly worried about their marriage. In <Nocheonyeoga>, we will be aware of the human desire buried by the human defect of disability and visit the struggling image of old maid to achieve that desire.

Gasa, Nocheonyeo, marriage, disability