동물신랑/신부 모디프를 지닌 한국전래 동화와 미국인디언 동화와의 비교연구:공간구조와 변신 유형의 발달심리학적 의미

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study compared the transformation patterns and space structures of Korean tales with animal groom/bride motifs to similar motifs in Native American fairy tales.

The materials used in this study are seven Korean fairy tales selected from a fifteen volume Collection of Korean Fairy Tales (1980-1985) published by Chang-bi Publishing and six Native-American tales selected from Thompson (1929).

These stories concern brides or grooms who are transformed into animals and belong to type 425-449. The Korean Stories were The Bride Groom Shin; The Snake Born in a Child; The Toad-Bride Groom; The Calf-Boy Who Became the King's Son-in-Law; The Carp Princess; The Firewood Seller Who Saved a Carp; The Mud-Shell Lady. The Native-American stories were The Piqued Buffalo-Wife; Splinter-foot-Girl; The Fox-Woman; The Bear Woman; The Dog-Husband; The Youth Who Joined the Deer.

The stories were analyzed according to Propp's (1968) morphology model and Lotman's (1990) semiotic space structure, and were then interpreted in accordance with psychological theories of human development and adaptation.

The major findings are as follows. First, the Korean tales studied have more cohesive plots than the Native-American tales, even though both contain a similar average number of functional units. Second, the Korean tales relate more closely to intimate family relationships and show strong and differentiated social systems in the transformation processes and spacing. Third, the patterns of transformation and the space structures of the Native-American tales tend to be concerned with matching powers, a struggle for existence, and the unification or integration between human beings and nature. Finally, all of the traditional tales with animal groom/bride motifs in both cultures are based on an equilibrium- disequilibrium model of adaptation by in both cultures are based on an equilibrium- disequilibrium model of adaptation by means of which children can integrate with their environment through conflict reduction via assimilation and accommodation procedures.