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A Study of Narrative Formation and Themes in Jangsugwajeon

  • Journal of Korean Literature
  • 2015, (31), pp.137-173
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Published : May 31, 2015

Solmi Chung 1

1서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examines the themes of Jangsugwajeon(張守果傳), a 19th century novel, based on its structure and characteristics of the narrative. The narrative structures of Jangsugwajeon include ‘competing with words’ and ‘deceiving’. As for characteristics, there is a parody of various genres, such as chronicle, fictional biography. Moreover, the author creatively accepts some forms of vernacular novel to emphasize his critical consciousness. Throughout such diverse ways, the author induces pleasant laughs, while he also keeps an intellectual distance from every single character. Accordingly, Jangsugwajeon can be considered a satirical novel. The target of satire is not only Jangsugwa, a fallen aristocrat who obsesses over the hollow notion of family, but also various types of human beings who drive him into catastrophe. By doing so, this work portrays a world full of little minds and implies that there exist a cold-hearted society, a snobbism that make people so dishonorable. As such, Jangsugwajeon sheds light on the cold-blooded and dirty sides of the world rather than the bright sides, reenacting the reality at the same time. In that sense, Jangsugwajeon is differentiated from other Yadam[野談] novel as well as from other contemporary satirical novels.

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