@article{ART001823140},
author={Han Gil-Yeon},
title={The Role and Meaning of ‘Child’ in River Novels},
journal={Journal of Korean Literature},
issn={1598-2076},
year={2013},
number={28},
pages={41-83}
TY - JOUR
AU - Han Gil-Yeon
TI - The Role and Meaning of ‘Child’ in River Novels
JO - Journal of Korean Literature
PY - 2013
VL - null
IS - 28
PB - The Society Of Korean Literature
SP - 41
EP - 83
SN - 1598-2076
AB - This thesis posed a problem about that many studies on characters of river novels centrally focused on 'adults' and paid attention to 'children' that takes a share in river novels and supposed to examine the presence aspect and the meaning of existence of them. The existence of children in river novels takes important position in a regard of narrative grammar by informing hidden facts and renewing the mood and grasping the truth of affairs and so on. Furthermore they ensures a closely correspondent structure between scenes by forming the basis of foreshadow or reversal.
The children in river novels are meaningful by themselves, and besides they are significant in a regard that they play roles of reflecting the truth of conflicts between adults on broad viewpoints. The children in river novels are seated in the position as follows. 1) 'informants' who reveal hidden affairs between adults by virtue of their naivety, curiosity and playfulness or 'mediators' who create new affairs. 2) 'barometers' those show how dangerous the truth of conflicts between adults by being exposed to horrors of the conflict most easily from their weakness. 3) 'moodmakers' who change the mood pleasantly from their innocence or 'lubricant' who clean out the conflicts between adults. 4) 'troubleshooters' who penetrate the essence of affairs or afford a clue to the solution of the problem that adults can not see. Children are characters like 'mirror' who reflect the horrible scene of conflicts and illuminate the essence of incidents on the lowest layer of the novel.
These existence of children in river novels enable multilayered composition of various age groups, furtheremore they help to realize the totality of river novels by embracing loyal families, noblemen, and lower class. And they contribute to give body to overall life of individuals by drawing character formation and growth process in detail from their childhood. From these properties the existence of children have important position in respect of the whole structure and semantic concept.
KW - river novels;child;narrative grammar;conlict;affairs;totality
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Han Gil-Yeon. (2013). The Role and Meaning of ‘Child’ in River Novels. Journal of Korean Literature, 28, 41-83.
Han Gil-Yeon. 2013, "The Role and Meaning of ‘Child’ in River Novels", Journal of Korean Literature, no.28, pp.41-83.
Han Gil-Yeon "The Role and Meaning of ‘Child’ in River Novels" Journal of Korean Literature 28 pp.41-83 (2013) : 41.
Han Gil-Yeon. The Role and Meaning of ‘Child’ in River Novels. 2013; 28 : 41-83.
Han Gil-Yeon. "The Role and Meaning of ‘Child’ in River Novels" Journal of Korean Literature no.28(2013) : 41-83.
Han Gil-Yeon. The Role and Meaning of ‘Child’ in River Novels. Journal of Korean Literature, 28, 41-83.
Han Gil-Yeon. The Role and Meaning of ‘Child’ in River Novels. Journal of Korean Literature. 2013; 28 41-83.
Han Gil-Yeon. The Role and Meaning of ‘Child’ in River Novels. 2013; 28 : 41-83.
Han Gil-Yeon. "The Role and Meaning of ‘Child’ in River Novels" Journal of Korean Literature no.28(2013) : 41-83.
