李朝小設 主人公들의 作名 考 (其一) : 實存 名賢들과 對比하여 = A Study on the Naming of Protagonists of Novels of the Yi Dynasty

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Generally the novels of the Yi Dynasty describe in the form of biography characters with superhuman powers.
Traces are to be found of the prudent deliberation on the part of writers in creating such extraordinary heroes. It has a great deal to do with their names.
The novels of the period present many instances of their names being derived from dreams. Thus, dreams have a symbolical bearing upon, among other things, the conception and the naming of characters.
In some other instances, characters owe their names to their outward appearance and innate character. Such a way of naming is closely related to the theme of a novel, constituting a marked characteristic of the Yi Dynasty novels depicting the whole life of a character.
With regard to woman characters, it is remarkable that their names indicate their types. A notable example is the names of gisaeng (professional singing and dancing girl).
In this article, the writer also had made a study of such ways of naming characters, in comparison with those in which noted sages, who actually existed, received their names, and in relation to the folklore and the customs and manners of the Korean nation.
This article is the first half of a study on the naming of protagonists of novels of the Yi Dynasty, exploring only an aspect of the subject in the rough. An extensive and comprehensive study is to be made in the second half.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 緖 言
• Ⅱ. 作名과 類型 分類
• Ⅲ. 小說에서의 作名과 實存人物과의 관계
• 1. 夢事
• (가)天上의 日·月·星
• (나)動物의 龍·龜·虎
• (다)自然의 水·石·花
• (라)仙人 <神>에 의한 賜名
• 2. 外貌와 性格
• 3. 女性 作名의 特異點
• 4. 中國小說의 影響
• 5. 其他―一地名
• Ⅳ. 小說에서의 作名과 讀者와의 關係
• Ⅴ. 李朝人들의 一般的인 作品
• Ⅵ. 結 言