燕巖 朴趾源의 小說世界 硏究

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Abstract

A study on the literary world of
Yeonam Park Ji-won


by Seo, Young-Il


Department of Korean Language Education
Graduate School of Education,
Kookmin University
Seoul, Korea
Directed by Professor Cho, Heung-Wook


The ordeal people suffered from the two wars at the late Joseon Dynasty has brought severe self-reflections through which people re-evaluated themselves, and such awakenings were particularly noted among the common people. Lives of the common people was in need of practical solutions against livelihood problems and this was the background on which Realist School of Confucianism became on the rise with the idea of positivism.
Yeonam Park Ji-won, one of the representative scholars from the Buk-Hak Faction had made huge literary efforts and created an independent literary world with outstanding works of his own. His novels in "Yeol Ha Il Gi", "The Supplementary Story of Bang Kyung Gak" not only contains bitter sarcasm of aristocrats on the decline, but also shows strong and eloquent sentences which makes him stand out as the best author among many others.
In this thesis, I discussed the life and the literary world of Yeonam Park Ji-won, and put together a comprehensive analysis of his novels to determine the literary significance of his works in the following order.
In Chapter 3, I analyzed the literary works based on Yeonam's life, and took 3 different approaches which are 1. 2. 3. Among many works of Yeonam, "Hojil", "Yangbanjeon", "Heosaengjeon" sufficiently express the political idea of "Jeong Ja Jeong Ya", contains political handling of social changes, shows bitter satires on the governing along with a warm sense of humor. These factors enable us to reinterpret and reconstitute the characters in the novel regardless the age we might have lived in.
Even though these three novels come from different times of his life, they all convey the criticism of those days and resolution for reformation. These novels questions the reality of the late Joseon Dynasty era and role models, especially those of classical scholars.
In Yeolnyeo Hamyang Bakssijeon, with the help of little illustration and explanations, Yeonam, based on the story of the widow named Park who died for her chastity, indirectly criticizes her chastity, social trend which forced women to do such, and social system which prohibited her second marriage. Regarding widows' chastity problems, which was considered a taboo, Yeonam took a strong defensive position for the widows. We can realize Yeonam's view of womanhood and see the reflection of women's social position which was being formed around that time.
With "Hojil", “Majangjeon“, "Yangbanjeon", Yeonam describes particular lifestyles of aristocrats to recognize the realistic problem, and attempts to break down the class-conscious culture. Also, through novels such as "Minongjeon", "Gwangmunjajeon", "Gimsinseonjeon", "Usangjeon", he accused the hypocrisy of aristocrats and created a new role model with which we could foresee the modern era.
In chapter 4, I revealed the literary significance of Yeonam's works. There was no author who theorized about the purpose and reason for creation of literary works with a critical mind like Park Ji-won did. His innovation in style of writing and creation of novels resulted from the deliberation of the society's self-contradictions and presented his own direction for the literature of his days.
He recognized literary effort as the most significant activity for a classical scholar, and achieved the Realistic School of Confucianism.
The reason why his works are still valuable and permanent is that the medieval authority and structural nonsense in the society which he cognized as contradictions are still common these days as well. For an era to proceed to the next one, endless efforts should be made. In the transition period of the late Joseon Dynasty, Yeonam deeply appreciated this principle and took responsibility as an author to create a new society, lives and history.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• - 목 차 -
• Ⅰ. 서 론 1
• 1.1. 연구의 목적 1
• 1.2. 연구사 및 연구 방법 3
• Ⅱ. 시대적 배경과 생애 7
• 2.1. 시대적 배경 7
• 2.2. 연암의 생애 11
• Ⅲ. 주 제 의 식 17
• 3.1. 實學思想의 표출 17
• 3.2. 현실 비판의식 32
• 3.2.1. 여성의 사회제도 비판 - 「열녀함양박씨전」 32
• 3.2.2. 도덕적 허위의식 비판 - 「호질」, 「마장전」, 「양반전」 38
• 3.3. 근대적 인간상 제시 53
• Ⅳ. 박지원 소설의 문학사적 의의 59
• Ⅴ. 결 론 62
• 참 고 문 헌 68
• 국 문 초 록 72
• Abstract 74