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A Study on the Narrative Description and Themes of Manwha-Chunhyangga

  • Journal of Korean Literature
  • 2022, (45), pp.155-182
  • DOI : 10.52723/JKL.45.155
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Received : March 31, 2022
  • Accepted : May 10, 2022
  • Published : May 31, 2022

Yi, Ji-Young 1

1충북대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study examines the narrative description and themes of Manwha-Chunhyangga, which Yoo Jin-han, 18th-century local aristocrats recreated Chunhyangga into classical Chinese long poem. In Manwha-Chunhyangga which the narrator describes from various perspectives, there are many scenes described from perspective and voice of young Master Yi, the hero. Describing from the perspective of Yi, the voice of the narrator is transferred to Yi's voice which is often mixed with the voice of the narrator. In some parts described with Yi's voice, the presence of the narrator is greatly weakened as Yi's first-person narrative. In the scene Yi call Chunhyang "you", Chunhyang's voice not heard, as he say in an aside or monologue. I estimated that this narrative description might be influenced by Pansori and Romance of the Western Chamber's inserted song. The reason why Yi's point of view and voice dominate in Manwha-Chunhyangga is that Yoo Jin-han appropriated Chunhyangga as a "story of young master Yi " It is also related to this point that the afterwards story had been expanded. In other words, the narrative description and expansion of afterwards story appear to be the result of Yoo Jin-han's projection of expectation for love on this text. The author's interest in love stories is also expressed when he refuted criticism of "Female monk's song" in the verse of Manwha-Chunhyangga" . I conclude that Yoo Jin-han imagined a happy life with his beloved woman through this work.

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