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On the composition of The story of Choichiwon in the context of ritual for rain

  • Journal of Korean Literature
  • 2014, (30), pp.63-87
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Published : November 30, 2014

Yi, Ji-Young 1

1안동대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study is on the composition of early Chosun's novel, The story of Choichiwon in the context of prayer for rain. Choichiwon is a historical figure who lived in late Shlla. In the folk story he is the son of golden pig. Some literature of 15th and 16th tells the golden pig's legend had been before the novel. I inferred the cultural meaning of golden pig from the prayer for rain and the link between Choichiwon and golden pig from the Jakjegun myth. The story of Choichiwon borrowed the folk tales that are linked to the prayer for rain, while the hero is characterized as the bearer of Confucian. In the novel Choichiwon is a son of Choichung who is a famous Confucian scholar, and a great Confucian. So the folk culture of golden pig's legend and the noble culture of Confucianism give rise to the strained relation. This odd coexistance can be explained in the context of early Chosun's ritual for rain that had been transformed by Confucian.

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